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

• Michael J. Bernstein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Penn State University Abington, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Zhansheng Chen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chenz@hku.hk

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-3391

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• Kai-Tak Poon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, The Education University of Hong Kong, New Territory, Hong Kong

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• Jacob A. Benfield,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Penn State University Abington, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Henry K. S. Ng

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

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