Anger mediates the effect of ostracism on risk-taking

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

Journal of Risk Research, 2016, vol. 19, issue 5, 614-631

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2014.1003320

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