Exploring social exclusion: Where we are and where We're going

ED Wesselmann, E Bradley, RS Taggart… - Social and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Humans naturally have an orientation toward forging social connections, and they suffer
both physically and psychologically when denied those connections. Individuals can be …

Relationship dissolution strategies: Comparing the psychological consequences of ghosting, orbiting, and rejection

L Pancani, N Aureli, P Riva - Cyberpsychology: Journal of …, 2022 - cyberpsychology.eu
Ghosting and orbiting occur when a relationship is ended unilaterally by suddenly
withdrawing from all communication and without explanation. However, in orbiting, the …

Emotional experiences of ghosting

G Freedman, DN Powell, B Le… - The Journal of social …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Although ghosting (ie, unilaterally ending a relationship by ceasing communication) has
only recently entered the lexicon, it is a regularly used form of relationship dissolution …

From close to ghost: Examining the relationship between the need for closure, intentions to ghost, and reactions to being ghosted

CM Leckfor, NR Wood, RB Slatcher… - Journal of Social and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Ghosting—the act of ending a relationship by ceasing communication without explanation—
is a type of ostracism that threatens a person's basic psychological needs for belonging, self …

Exploring individuals' descriptive and injunctive norms of ghosting

DN Powell, G Freedman, B Le… - … Journal of Psychosocial …, 2022 - cyberpsychology.eu
In this project, we explored descriptive and injunctive norms of ghosting and whether norms
differed based on prior experiences with ghosting in romantic relationships. Ghosting is the …

When silence speaks louder than words: Exploring the experiences and attitudes of ghosters

K Wu, O Bamishigbin - Personal Relationships, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ghosting has become commonplace beyond romantic relationships. Therefore, we aimed to
broadly understand ghosters'(ie, people who ghost others) experiences including the …

Ghosting: A Common but Unpopular Rejection Strategy

G Freedman, DN Powell - Social and Personality Psychology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ghosting (ie, unilaterally ending a relationship by cutting off all contact) is a poorly perceived
but common relationship dissolution strategy used to end romantic, platonic, and other …

The role of gender and safety concerns in romantic rejection decisions

G Freedman, AH Hales, DN Powell, B Le… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Considerable research has examined how people feel when interpersonally rejected. Less
attention has been paid to the rejectors, especially on how they reject. Rejection methods …

Bored ghosts in the dating app assemblage: How dating app algorithms couple ghosting behaviors with a mood of boredom

G Narr, A Luong - The Communication Review, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Research on ghosting has focused on individual user experiences, psychological
dispositions, and attachment styles. We add to this scholarship by broadening the level of …

Psychometric properties of the RG-C Romantic Ghosting Scale: an instrumental study in a Colombian sample

M Herrera-López, A Coral-Lagos… - … Society & Education, 2024 - search.proquest.com
The phenomenon of ghosting has become widespread, the stories about this experience are
on the rise. However, there is a notable lack of research in Colombia addressing this …