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Ostracism and Ego Depletion: The Strains of Silence

Case Western Reserve University

Kristin L. Sommer

Baruch College

Roy F. Baumeister

Case Western Reserve University, rfb2{at}po.scru.edu

Two studies examined whether ostracizing someone depletes psychological resources in the ostracizer. In Study 1, people who followed instructions to avoid conversation with a confederate for 3 minutes later showed decrements in persistence on unsolvable problems. In Study 2, ostracizers showed subsequent impairments in physical stamina on a handgrip task. Although ostracism affected mood too, mood did not appear to mediate the main findings. Past work has shown that ostracism has negative consequences for the victim, but the present results indicate that ostracism has a harmful impact on the ostracizer too.

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