In press

Büttner, C. M., Lalot, F., Rudert, S. C., & Greifeneder, R. (in press). Ostracism experiences are associated with more frequent doctor visits over time. European Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000161[Open Access]

Büttner, C. M., Ren, D., Stavrova, O., Rudert, S. C., Williams, K. D., & Greifeneder, R. (2024). Ostracism in Everyday Life: A Framework of Threat and Behavioral Responses in Real Life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000471[Published Version available via Research Gate]

Büttner, C.M., Rudert, S.C., Albath, E.A., Sibley, C.G. & Greifeneder, R. (in press). Narcissists’ Experience of Ostracism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Büttner, C.M, Rudert, S.C., & Kachel, S. (2024). Ostracism experiences of sexual minorities – Investigating targets’ experiences and perceptions by others. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241240675[Open Access]

Kenntemich, C., Büttner, C. M., & Rudert, S. C. (2024). The Pursuit of Approval: Social Media Users’ Decreased Posting Latency Following Online Exclusion as a Form of Acknowledgment-Seeking Behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241297824[Open Access]

2024

Büttner, C.M., Jauch, M., Marinucci, M., Williams, K.D., Greifeneder, R., Riva, P., & Rudert, S.C. (2024). It will (never) stop hurting: Do repeated or chronic experiences of exclusion lead to hyper- or hyposensitive psychological responses? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 27(2), 256-277.https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221140002[Open Access]

Janke, S., Messerer, L., Merkle, B., & Rudert, S.C. (2024). Why do minority students feel they don’t fit in? Migration background and parental education differentially predict social ostracism and belongingness. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 27(2), 278-299. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221142781[Open Access]

Rudert, S.C. (2024). Soziale Ausgrenzung. Konsequenzen, Motive, und Attributionen [Social Exclusion. Consequences, motives, and attributions.]Psychologische Rundschau, 75(3), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000684[Open Access]

2023

Albath, E., Büttner, C.M., Rudert, S.C., Sibley, C., & Greifeneder, R. (2023). Young, unemployed, excluded: Unemployed young adults experience more ostracism. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2953

Büttner, C.M.; Jauch, M.; Marinucci, M.; Williams, K.D.; Greifeneder, R.; Riva, P.; Rudert, S.C. (2023). It will (never) stop hurting: Do repeated or chronic experiences of exclusion lead to hyper- or hyposensitive psychological responses? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430222114000

Janke, S., Messerer, L., Merkle, B. & Rudert, S.C. (2023). Why do minority students feel they don’t fit in? Migration background and parental education differentially predict social ostracism and belongingness. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221142

Jauch, M., Büttner, C.M., Rudert, S.C., & Greifeneder, R. (2023). Expecting exclusion: Does bracing for the worst buffer the pain of social exclusion? European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(4), 746-765.https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2934

Rudert, S.C., Möring, R., Kenntemich, C., & Büttner, C.M. (2023). When and why we ostracize others: Motivated social exclusion in group contexts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000423 

Rudert, S.C. & Speckert, K. (2023). You shouldn’t have shut them out: Justice sensitivity affects moral reactions to observed ostracism. Personality and Individual Differences, 201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111929

2022

Büttner, C.M. & Rudert, S.C. (2022). Why didn’t you tag me?!: Social exclusion from Instagram posts hurts, especially those with a high need to belong. Computers in Human Behavior, 127.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107062

Jauch, M., Rudert, S.C. & Greifeneder, R. (2022)Social pain by non-social agents: Exclusion hurts and provokes punishment even if the excluding source is a computer. Acta Psychologica, 230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103753

Büttner, C.M. & Rudert, S.C. (2022). Why didn’t you tag me?!: Social exclusion from Instagram posts hurts, especially those with a high need to belong. Computers in Human Behavior, 127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107062

2021

Büttner, C.M., Rudert, S.C., & Greifeneder, R. (2021). Depressed and excluded: Do depressive symptoms moderate recovery from ostracism? Journal of Affective Disorders, 294. doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.075[Open Access].

Hales, A. H., McIntyre, M. M., Rudert, S. C., & Williams, K. D. (2021). Ostracized and observed: The presence of an audience affects the experience of being excluded. Self and Identity, 20(1), 94-115. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2020.1807403

Klein, S.A., Rudert, S.C. (2021). If they don’t care, I won’t share: Feeling unrelated to one’s in-group increases selfishness instead of behavior for the greater good. European Journal of Social Psychology, 51, 4-5, 773 - 783. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2771  [Open Access]

Rudert, S.C., Hales, A.H., & Büttner, C.M. (2021). Stay out of our office (vs. our pub): Target personality and situational context affect ostracism intentions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104142

Rudert, S.C., Janke, S., & Greifeneder, R. (2021). Ostracism breeds depression: Longitudinal associations between ostracism and depression over a three-year-period. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports. doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100118 [Open Access; Shared first-authorship with Stefan Janke]

2020

Rudert, S.C., Janke, S., & Greifeneder, R. (2020). The experience of ostracism over the adult life span. Developmental Psychology, 56(10), 1999–2012. doi.org/10.1037/dev0001096.[Final Draft available via ResearchGate]

Rudert, S. C., Keller, M. D., Hales, A. H., Walker, M., & Greifeneder, R. (2020). Who gets ostracized? A personality perspective on risk and protective factors of ostracism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 18(6), 1247-1268. doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000271. [Final Draft available via ResearchGate]

Rudert, S. C., Ruf, S., & Greifeneder, R. (2020). Whom to punish? How observers sanction norm-violating behavior in ostracism situations. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(2), 376-391. doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2606. [Final Draft available via ResearchGate]

2019

Greifeneder, R. & Rudert, S.C. (2019). About flames and boogeymen: Social norms affect individuals’ construal of social exclusion. In S. C. Rudert, R. Greifeneder, & K. D. Williams (Eds.), Current Directions in Ostracism, Social Exclusion and Rejection Research. Oxford, UK: Routledge.

Jaffé, M. E., Rudert, S. C., & Greifeneder, R. (2019). You should go for diversity, but I’d rather stay with similar others: Psychological distance modulates one’s preference for diversity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103881

Rudert, S.C. & Greifeneder, R. (2019). Observing ostracism: How observers interpret and respond to ostracism situations. In S. C. Rudert, R. Greifeneder, & K. D. Williams (Eds.), Current Directions in Ostracism, Social Exclusion and Rejection Research. Oxford, UK: Routledge.

Rudert, S.C., Greifeneder, R., & Williams, K.D. (2019).Current Directions in Ostracism, Social Exclusion and Rejection Research. Oxford, UK: Routledge.

2018

Rudert, S.C., Sutter, D., Corrodi, C., & Greifeneder, R. (2018). Who’s to blame? Similarity affects moral judgments of observed ostracism episodes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 31-53. doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000122. [Final Draft available via ResearchGate]

2017

Arpin, S.N., Froehlich, L., Lantian, A., Rudert, S. C., & Stelters, M. (2017). When “we” or “they” exclude others: Attributing and evaluating ostracism observed in ingroups and outgroups. Comprehensive Research in Social Psychology. doi.org/10.1080/23743603.2017.1358477. [All authors contributed equally and are listed in alphabetical order]

Rudert, S.C. & Greifeneder, R. (2017). Bedrohung der Zugehörigkeit: Soziale Ausgrenzung in Organisationen. In S. Hutmacher & O. Geramanis, Identität in der modernen Arbeitswelt – Neue Konzepte für Zusammenarbeit und Führung. (pp. 49-66). Wiesbaden: Springer.

Rudert, S.C., Hales, A.H., Greifeneder, R., & Williams, K.D. (2017). When silence is not golden: Why acknowledgement matters even when being excluded. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(5), 678 – 692.doi.org/10.1177/0146167217695554[Final Draft available via ResearchGate]

Rudert, S. C., Janke, S., & Greifeneder, R. (2017). Under threat by popular vote: German-speaking immigrants’ affect and cognitions following the Swiss vote against mass immigration.PLOS ONE, 12(4). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175896[Open Access]

Rudert, S. C., Reutner, L., Greifeneder, R., & Walker, M. (2017). Faced with exclusion: Perceived facial warmth and competence influence moral judgments of social exclusion. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 68, 101-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2016.06.005 [Final Draft available via ResearchGate]

2016

Rudert, S.C. & Greifeneder, R. (2016). When it’s okay that I don’t play: Social norms and the situated construal of social exclusion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(7), 955 – 969.doi.org/10.1177/0146167216649606[Final Draft available via ResearchGate]