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| Title |
Why Does Social Exclusion Hurt? The Relationship Between Social and Physical Pain
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Psychological Bulletin, March 2005
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| DOI | 10.1037/0033-2909.131.2.202 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Geoff MacDonald, Mark R. Leary |
| Abstract |
The authors forward the hypothesis that social exclusion is experienced as painful because reactions to rejection are mediated by aspects of the physical pain system. The authors begin by presenting the theory that overlap between social and physical pain was an evolutionary development to aid social animals in responding to threats to inclusion. The authors then review evidence showing that humans demonstrate convergence between the 2 types of pain in thought, emotion, and behavior, and demonstrate, primarily through nonhuman animal research, that social and physical pain share common physiological mechanisms. Finally, the authors explore the implications of social pain theory for rejection-elicited aggression and physical pain disorders. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 13% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
| Scientists | 2 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,356 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | <1% |
| Germany | 6 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 6 | <1% |
| Australia | 6 | <1% |
| Japan | 4 | <1% |
| Italy | 3 | <1% |
| Spain | 3 | <1% |
| Portugal | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 19 | 1% |
| Unknown | 1267 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 276 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 190 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 187 | 14% |
| Researcher | 133 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 112 | 8% |
| Other | 263 | 19% |
| Unknown | 195 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 701 | 52% |
| Social Sciences | 102 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 69 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 57 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 48 | 4% |
| Other | 145 | 11% |
| Unknown | 234 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 196. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 December 2023.
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