In press

Rudert, S.C. (in press). Soziale Ausgrenzung. Konsequenzen, Motive, und moralische Beurteilung [Social Exclusion. Consequences, motives and attributions.]Psychologische Rundschau.

2024

Büttner, C. M., Rudert, S. C., & Kachel, S. (2024). Ostracism experiences of sexual minorities: Integrating target perspective and perception by others.Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241240675

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]

2023

Rudert, S.C. & Janke, S. (2023). Call me maybe: Risk factors of impaired social contact during the COVID-19 pandemic and associations with well-being. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(1),281-301. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12546[Open Access]

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, 125(4), 803-826.https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000423 [Final Draft available via ResearchGate]

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

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[Open Access]

Büttner, C.M.; Lalot, F.; & Rudert, S.C. (2023). Showing with whom I belong: The desire to belong publicly on social media. Computers in Human Behavior, 139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107535[Open Access]

Daumiller, M., Fritz, T. Gonzáles Cruz, H., Rudert, S.C. & Janke, S. (2023). Cheating as a prosocial act? Helping others with academic cheating is related to social goals and cooperative social norms. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. [Final Draft available via OSF]

Janke, S., Fritz, T.M., Gonzáles Cruz, H., Rudert, S.C., & Daumiller, M. (2023). Entwicklung und Überprüfung einer Kurzskala zur Messung akademischen Betrugsverhaltens im Selbstbericht. Diagnostica. https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000317[Open Access]

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[Open Access]

2022

Rudert, S.C. & Janke, S. (2022). Following the crowd in times of crisis: Descriptive norms predict physical distancing, stockpiling, and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Group Processes und Intergroup Relations, 25(7).1819 - 1935.https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211023562 [Open Access; Shared first-authorship]

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[Open Access]

Janke, S., Alsmeyer, M., Neißner, M., & Rudert, S.C. (2022). University in the rear-view mirror: Psychological needs in pleasant and unpleasant memories of alumni. Studies in Higher Education, 47(7), 1464-1476. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2021.1916905[Final Draft available via ResearchGate]

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[Open Access]

2021

Rudert, S.C., Gleibs, I.H., Gollwitzer, M., Häfner, M., Hajek, K.V., Harth, N.S., Häusser, J.A., Imhoff, R., & Schneider, D. (2021). Us and the virus: Understanding the COVID-19 pandemic through a social psychological lens. European Psychologist, 26(4), 259-271. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000457

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. https://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, 4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100118

Büttner, C.M., Rudert, S.C., & Greifeneder, R. (in press). Depressed and excluded: Do depressive symptoms moderate recovery from ostracism? Journal of Affective Disorders.

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

Janke, S., Rudert, S.C., Petersen, Ä., Fritz, T.M., Daumiller, M. (2021). Cheating in the wake of COVID-19: How dangerous is ad-hoc online testing for academic integrity in Higher Education?  Computers and Education Open, 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2021.100055

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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2771

Schnepf, J., Bytzek, E., Steffens, M.C., & Rudert, S.C. (2021). Parteienpolarisierung gleich Rändermobilisierung? Eine experimentelle Studie zur Wirkung von Parteienpolarisierung auf die Wahlbeteiligungsabsicht. Politische Psychologie, 9(2), 52 - 71.

2020

Rudert, S. C., Janke, S., & Greifeneder, R. (2020). The experience of ostracism over the adult life span.Developmental Psychology, 56(10), 1999–2012. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001096

Rudert, S. C., Keller, M., 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, 118(6), 1247-1268.doi:10.1037/pspp0000271 [Online First]

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: 10.1002/ejsp.2606 [Online First]

2019

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. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103881 [Link to the Paper]

Janke, S., Daumiller, M., & Rudert, S.C. (2019). Dark pathways to achievement in science: Researchers’ achievement goals predict the engagement in questionable research practices. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(6), 783-791. doi: 10.1177/1948550618790227 [Link to the Paper]

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: 10.1037/pspa0000122. [Link to the Paper]

2017

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: 10.1177/0146167217695554 [Link to the Paper]

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. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2016.06.005 [Link to the Paper]

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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175896 [Link to the Paper]

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:10.1080/23743603.2017.1358477. (All authors contributed equally and are listed in alphabetical order) [Link to the Paper]

Janke, S., Rudert, S.C., Marksteiner, T., & Dickhäuser, O. (2017). Knowing one’s place: Social identity influences anxiety and satisfaction with studying at university.  Frontiers in Psychology, 8(1326). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01326 [Link to the Paper]

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: 10.1177/0146167216649606 [Link to the Paper]

2015

Rudert, S.C., Reutner, L., Walker, M., & Greifeneder, R. (2015). An unscathed past in the face of death: Mortality salience reduces individuals’ regrets. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 58, 34-41. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2014.12.006 [Link to the Paper]

2013

Schoel, C., Roessel, J., Eck, J., Janssen, J., Petrovic, B., Rothe, A., Rudert, S. C., & Stahlberg, D. (2013). Attitudes Towards Languages (AToL) scale: A global instrument. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 32, 21 – 45, doi: 10.1177/0261927X12457922 [Link to the Paper]

Books and Book Chapters

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

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 (pp. 136-154). Oxford, UK: Routledge. 

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 (pp. 32-48). Oxford, UK: Routledge.

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.

Eichinger, L., Gärtig, A-K., Plewnia, A., Roessel, J., Rothe, A., Rudert, S., Schoel, C., & Stahlberg, D. (2009). Aktuelle Spracheinstellungen in Deutschland – Erste Ergebnisse einer bundesweiten Repräsentativumfrage. Mannheim: Institut für Deutsche Sprache.