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Anger mediates the effect of ostracism on risk-taking

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  • Elena Svetieva
  • Lisa Zadro
  • Thomas F. Denson
  • Emily Dale
  • Kathleen O’Moore
  • Wu Yi Zheng

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The present research tested the effects of being ostracized on risk-taking behavior and how emotional responses to ostracism mediate these effects. In two experiments, undergraduates were either ostracized or included during an Internet ball-toss game ( Cyberball ). In Experiment 1 ( N = 52), ostracism increased self-reported risk-taking inclinations, and the relation between ostracism and risk-taking was mediated by feelings of anger, but not control. In Experiment 2 ( N = 72), ostracism increased risky driving during a driving video game. The effect of ostracism on risk-taking was again mediated by post-ostracism anger (but not control or ostracism-induced sadness). This research suggests that anger elicited by ostracism may increase risk-taking.

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  • Elena Svetieva & Lisa Zadro & Thomas F. Denson & Emily Dale & Kathleen O’Moore & Wu Yi Zheng, 2016. "Anger mediates the effect of ostracism on risk-taking," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(5), pages 614-631, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:19:y:2016:i:5:p:614-631
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2014.1003320
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    1. Matteo M. Marini, 2022. "20 years of emotions and risky choices in the lab: A meta-analysis," Working Papers 2022/03, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

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