It is More than Thought that Counts: the Role of Readiness for Aggression in the Relationship Between Ostracism and Displaced Aggression

摘要: Research has shown that ostracism results in aggressive behavior towards the ostracising other, but also causes displaced aggression-aggression directed an innocent person. Our study investigated whether responses to were increased by three types of aggression proneness (readiness for aggression) based on different mechanisms: emotional-impulsive, habitual-cognitive or personality-immanent. Participants (n = 118) played a Cyberball game which they either excluded included, next prepared hot sauce sample another person as indicator and completed Readiness Interpersonal Aggression Inventory. Results showed evoked more participants with high rather than low emotional-impulsive readiness aggression. Only this type moderated ostracism-aggression relationship indicating mostly affective mechanisms induce exclusion.