Overview
Brings together scientific contributions from different areas within psychology (e.g., social neuroscience, developmental psychology, clinical psychology)
Provides an investigation of the latest approaches to buffer the severe negative consequences of social exclusion
Reviews current theories and methodology on social exclusion
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Social Exclusion as a Field of Research
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Psychological Approaches to Social Exclusion
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Psychological Strategies and Brain Mechanisms to Reduce the Negative Consequences of Social Exclusion
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Final Assessment
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Keywords
- discrimination and psychology
- negative impact of social exclusion
- ostracism and psychology
- social exclusion methodology
- social neuroscience and exclusion
- emotion regulation process
- social belonging
- psychology of stereotypes
- John T. Cacioppo
- peer group rejection
- aging and social isolation
- buffering social exclusion
About this book
From ostracism on the playground to romantic rejection, bullying at work, and social disregard for the aged, individuals are at constant risk of experiencing instances of social exclusion, including ostracism, rejection, dehumanization, and discrimination. These phenomena have a powerful impact as testified by their immediate influence on people’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Social Exclusion: Psychological Approaches to Understanding and Reducing Its Impact investigates different psychological approaches, across multiple psychological subdisciplines, to understanding the causes and consequences of social exclusion and possible ways to reduce or buffer against its negative effects.
The purpose of this volume is threefold. First, it lays the groundwork for the understanding of social exclusion research; reviewing the different instances of social exclusion in everyday life and methods to experimentally investigate them. Second, this volume brings together different psychological approaches to the topic of social exclusion. Leading scholars from around the world contribute perspectives from social psychology, social neuroscience, developmental psychology, educational psychology, work and organizational psychology, clinical psychology, and social gerontology to provide a comprehensive overview of social exclusion research in different psychological subdisciplines. Taken together, these chapters are conducive to the important development of new and more integrative research models on social exclusion. Finally, this volume discusses psychological strategies such as emotion regulation, psychological resources, and brain mechanisms that can reduce or buffer against the negative consequences of social exclusion. From school shootings to domestic violence, from cognitive impairment to suicide attempts, the negative impact of social exclusion has been widely documented. Thus, from an applied perspective, knowing potential ways to mitigate the negative effects of social exclusion can have a significant positive influence on people’s—and society’s—well-being. Overall, this book provides the reader with the knowledge to understand the impact of social exclusion and with tools to address it across many different contexts. Importantly, Social Exclusion: Psychological Approaches to Understanding and Reducing Its Impact aims to bridge the gap between the approaches of different psychological subdisciplines to this topic, working towards a comprehensive, integrative model of social exclusion.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Paolo Riva is a post-doctoral research fellow at University of Milano-Bicocca. His research interests lie broadly in social influence processes with a specific focus on social exclusion. Specifically, he examines the consequences of exclusion and the possible strategies that can buffer against and reduce its effects. In a related vein, he is also interested in the neuromodulation of emotion regulation processes.
Jennifer Eck is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Mannheim. Her main line of research focuses on social exclusion, with a specific emphasis on psychological strategies that help buffer against the negative impact of social exclusion. Her research interests further include lie detection, the self, and assimilation and contrast.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Exclusion
Book Subtitle: Psychological Approaches to Understanding and Reducing Its Impact
Editors: Paolo Riva, Jennifer Eck
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33033-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33031-0Published: 08 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93186-9Published: 22 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33033-4Published: 26 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 295
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Child and School Psychology, Emotion