Being close or being alone: How Social ostracism affects solitude preference

Author:

Pang Cheng12ORCID,Wang Tulips Yiwen2ORCID,Lin Jiali12

Affiliation:

1. Guangzhou Huashang College Guangzhou China

2. Institute of Analytical Psychology City University of Macau Taipa Macau, SAR

Abstract

AbstractSocial ostracism refers to the phenomenon of being excluded from social interactions and not being accepted by society. While previous research has examined its impact on prosocial and antisocial behaviour, few studies have investigated how individuals respond to ostracism by seeking solitude. Therefore, our study aims to explore the association between social ostracism and solitude seeking as well as the potential psychological mechanisms involved. We conducted three studies involving 488 Chinese students (59% female) and found that (a) long‐term ostracism experiences positively correlated with preference for solitude, (b) short‐term ostracism did not immediately lead to solitude seeking but increased the desire to establish new connections with others and (c) hostile assessment and negative emotions played a chain mediation role in the relationship between social ostracism and solitude seeking. These findings provide new insights and empirical evidence for understanding the relationship between social ostracism and solitude‐seeking.

Publisher

Wiley

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