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  • Social Psychology
  • Behavioral Science
  • Psychological Responses to Social Exclusion

Background:

  • Individuals respond to ostracism through prosocial or antisocial behaviors.
  • A third response, solitude seeking, has been proposed, suggesting ostracized individuals may worsen their isolation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the counterintuitive response of solitude seeking following ostracism.
  • To conceptually replicate and extend previous findings on ostracism and solitude.

Main Methods:

  • Three studies with a total of 1,118 participants were conducted.
  • Replication of experimental designs to assess the link between ostracism and solitude preference.
  • Analysis of factors triggering solitude desire, including being ostracized, ostracizing others, and feeling conspicuous.

Main Results:

  • Ostracism experiences were consistently associated with a preference for solitude across samples.
  • Experiencing ostracism significantly increased participants' desire for solitude.
  • Only the experience of being ostracized, not ostracizing others or feeling conspicuous, triggered this desire.
  • Trait extraversion did not moderate the relationship between ostracism and solitude desire.

Conclusions:

  • Solitude seeking is a common and empirically supported response to ostracism.
  • The findings provide robust evidence for solitude seeking as a distinct reaction to social exclusion.
  • This response may lead to self-perpetuating cycles of social isolation.