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  1. Seeking a stable connection: Consequences of live stream social surrogacy following ostracism.

    Article • Psychology of Popular Media, December 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Kai-Tak Poon

  2. Life lacks meaning without acceptance: Ostracism triggers suicidal thoughts.

    Article • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, December 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Kai-Tak Poon

  3. Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Following Ostracism

    Article • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Kai-Tak Poon

  4. Do You Reap What You Sow? The Effect of Cyberostracism on Moral Impurity

    Article • Basic and Applied Social Psychology, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Kai-Tak Poon

  5. Unpacking the mechanisms underlying the relation between ostracism and Internet addiction

    Article • Psychiatry Research, December 2018, Elsevier

    Kai-Tak Poon

  6. Stuck on the Train of Ruminative Thoughts: The Effect of Aggressive Fantasy on Subjective Well-Being

    Article • Journal of Interpersonal Violence, November 2018, SAGE Publications

    Kai-Tak Poon

  7. Body Surveillance Predicts Men’s and Women’s Perceived Loneliness: A Serial Mediation Model

    Article • Sex Roles, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kai-Tak Poon

  8. Ostracized but why? Effects of attributions and empathy on connecting with the socially excluded

    Article • PLOS One, August 2018, PLOS

    Kai-Tak Poon

  9. Turning a blind eye to potential costs: Ostracism increases aggressive tendency.

    Article • Psychology of Violence, May 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Kai-Tak Poon

  10. Deficits in recognizing disgust facial expressions and Internet addiction: Perceived stress as a mediator

    Article • Psychiatry Research, August 2017, Elsevier

    Kai-Tak Poon

  11. Feeling unrestricted by rules: Ostracism promotes aggressive responses

    Article • Aggressive Behavior, May 2017, Wiley

    Kai-Tak Poon

  12. Self-compassion decreases acceptance of own immoral behaviors

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, February 2017, Elsevier

    Kai-Tak Poon

  13. When nature heals: Nature exposure moderates the relationship between ostracism and aggression

    Article • Journal of Environmental Psychology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Kai-Tak Poon

  14. Money and relationships: When and why thinking about money leads people to approach others

    Article • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, November 2016, Elsevier

    Kai-Tak Poon

  15. Does Social Protest Shake People’s Justice Beliefs? It Depends on the Level of Group Identification

    Article • Basic and Applied Social Psychology, August 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Kai-Tak Poon

  16. Materialism Predicts Young Chinese Women’s Self-Objectification and Body Surveillance

    Article • Sex Roles, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kai-Tak Poon

  17. Situational cuing of materialism triggers self-objectification among women (but not men): The moderating role of self-concept clarity

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, July 2016, Elsevier

    Kai-Tak Poon

  18. Assuring a sense of growth: A cognitive strategy to weaken the effect of cyber-ostracism on aggression

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, April 2016, Elsevier

    Kai-Tak Poon

  19. How Does the Source of Rejection Perceive Innocent Victims?

    Article • The Journal of Social Psychology, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Kai-Tak Poon

  20. Desiring to connect to nature: The effect of ostracism on ecological behavior

    Article • Journal of Environmental Psychology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Kai-Tak Poon

  21. Cold Thermal Temperature Threatens Belonging

    Article • Social Psychological and Personality Science, December 2014, SAGE Publications

    Kai-Tak Poon

  22. Sexual objectification pushes women away: The role of decreased likability

    Article • European Journal of Social Psychology, October 2014, Wiley

    Kai-Tak Poon

  23. When do socially accepted people feel ostracized? Physical pain triggers social pain

    Article • Social Influence, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Kai-Tak Poon

  24. When justice surrenders: The effect of just-world beliefs on aggression following ostracism

    Article • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, May 2014, Elsevier

    Kai-Tak Poon

  25. Rejecting another pains the self: The impact of perceived future rejection

    Article • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Kai-Tak Poon

  26. Feeling Entitled to More

    Article • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, June 2013, SAGE Publications

    Kai-Tak Poon

  27. When destiny hurts: Implicit theories of relationships moderate aggressive responses to ostracism

    Article • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, September 2012, Elsevier

    Kai-Tak Poon