The ordinal effects of ostracism: a meta-analysis of 120 Cyberball studies.

We examined 120 Cyberball studies (N = 11,869) to determine the effect size of ostracism and conditions under which the effect may be reversed, eliminated, or small. Our analyses showed that (1) the average ostracism effect is large (d > |1.4|) and (2) generalizes across structural aspects (numbe...

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Main Authors: Chris H J Hartgerink, Ilja van Beest, Jelte M Wicherts, Kipling D Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4449005?pdf=render