Publications & Conference Presentations

Journal Articles (menu)

• Zadro, L., Boland, C., & Richardson, R. (in press). How long does it last? The persistence of the effects of ostracism in the socially anxious. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
• Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (in press). How do you teach the power of ostracism? Evaluating the train ride demonstration. Social Influence.
• Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., & Richardson, R. (2005). Riding the “O” Train: Comparing the Effects of Ostracism and Argument on Targets and Sources. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 8, 125-143.
• Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., & Richardson, R. (2004). How Low Can You Go? Ostracism By A Computer Is Sufficient to Lower Self-Reported Levels of Belonging, Control, Self-Esteem, and Meaningful Existence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 560-567. [Summarised in The Research Digest (20), The British Psychological Society].
• Oliver, K. G., Huon, G. F., Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (2001). The role of interpersonal stress in overeating among high and low disinhibitors. Eating Behaviors, 2, 19-26.

Book Chapters (menu)

• Williams, K. D., Forgas, J, P., von Hippel, W., & Zadro, L. (2005). The social outcast: An overview. In K. D. Williams, J. P. Forgas, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying (pp. 1-18).
• Williams, K. D., & Zadro, L. (2005). Ostracism: An indiscriminate early detection system. In K. D. Williams, J. P. Forgas, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying (pp. 19-34).
• Williams, K. D., & Zadro, L. (2001). Ostracism: On being ignored, excluded and rejected. In M. R. Leary (Ed.), Interpersonal rejection (pp. 21-53). New York: Oxford University Press. [This chapter is cited in Chapter 9 (Motivation) in Myers, D. (2004) Psychology (7th edition). The “train ride paradigm” (Zadro & Williams, 2000) appears as a recommended teaching exercise in the Motivation section (“Maintaining Relationships”) of the accompanying manual, Instructor’s Resources (Bolt, 2004).]

Conference Presentations (menu)

• Zadro, L., Richardson, R., & Williams, K. D. (2006, January). The Antecedents of Interpersonal Ostracism: Do Individual Differences Predict Propensity to be a Target or Source of the Silent Treatment? To be presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology. Palm Springs, CA.
• Williams, K. D., Carter, A., & Zadro, L (2006, January). Ostracism and Group Membership and Its Relation to Anti-Social Responses. To be presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology. Palm Springs, CA.
• Zadro, L. (2005, November). How to destroy a relationship without uttering a single word: The power of ostracism in interpersonal relationships. Presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the APS Psychology of Relationships Interest Group, Melbourne.
• Zadro, L., Boland, C., & Richardson, R. (2005, January). How long does it last? The persistence of the effects of ostracism on the socially anxious. Presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology. New Orleans.
• Williams, K. D., Zadro, L., & Richardson, R. (2005, January). How low can you go? Ostracism by a computer can adversely affect fundamental needs and cardiovascular functioning. To be presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology. New Orleans.
• Zadro, L. (2004, August). Ostracism: From the real-world to the lab. Presented at the Twelfth Brisbane Symposium on Social Identity, Brisbane, Aus.
• Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., Govan, C., & Warburton, W. (2003, January). Social Ostracism: Threats to four motives can lead to either pro- or anti-social reactions. Presented at the Group and Intergroup Processes Preconference for the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, Austin, TX.
• Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D., & Richardson (2003, April). Ostracism in the real world: Interviews with targets and sources of long-term ostracism. Presented at the Society for Australasian Social Psychology, Sydney, Aus.
• Williams, K.D., Case, T., Govan, C., & Zadro, L. (2002, April). Effects of social ostracism on sources and targets. Presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
• Zadro, L., Barker, G. L., Richardson, R., & Williams, K. D. (2001, May). Physiological impact of ostracism: Challenge and threat. Presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
• Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (2001, February). The effects of ostracism and argument on targets and sources. Presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
• Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (2000, July). The silent treatment: Ostracism in intimate relationships. Presented at the joint ICCRP-IRPR conference on close relationships, Brisbane, Aus.
• Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., Walker, P., & Richardson, R. (2000, February). Psychophysiological effects of being ostracised. Presented at the 10th World Congress of Psychophysiology, Sydney, Aus.
• Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D, & Walton, C.J. (1999, November). All aboard the “O” train: Examining social ostracism using a role-play paradigm. Presented at the Australian Psychological Society, Hobart, Aus.
• Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (1999, April). Long-term effects of giving or receiving the silent treatment. Presented at the Society for Australasian Social Psychology, Coolum, Aus.
• Williams, K. D., & Zadro, L. (1999, April). Forty years of solitude: Effects of long-term use of the silent treatment. Presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
• Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (1998, April). Take the “O” Train: Oblivious versus punitive ostracism. Presented at the Society for Australasian Social Psychology, Christchurch, NZ.

Unpublished Manuscripts (menu)

• Zadro, L., Richardson, R., & Williams, K. D. The silent masses: Interviews with targets and sources of long-term ostracism. To be submitted to Personal Relationships.
• Zadro, L., Richardson, R., & Williams, K. D. The antecedents of ostracism: Do personality traits predict propensity to be a target and a source of ostracism? To be submitted to Journal of Personality.