Interpersonal rejection
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Interpersonal rejection
Oxford University Press, 2001
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Description
Interpersonal rejection ranks among the most potent and distressing events that people experience. Romantic rejection, ostracism, stigmatization, job termination, and other kinds of rejections have the power to compromise the quality of people's lives. As a result, people are highly motivated to avoid social rejection, and, indeed, much of human behavior appears to be desinged to avoid such experiences. Yet, despite the widespread effects of real, anticipated, and
even imagined rejections, psychologists have devoted only passing attention to the topic, and the research on rejection has been scattered throughout a number of psychological subspecialties (e.g., social, clinical, developmental, personality). In the past few years, however, we have seen a surge of
interest in the effects of interpersonal rejection on behavior and emotion. The goal of this book is to pull together contributions of several writers whose work is on the cutting edge of rejection research, providing a readable overview of recent advances in the area. In doing so, it not only provides a look at the current state of the area but helps to establish the topic of rejection as an identifiable area for future research. Topics covered in the book include: ostracism, unrequited love,
betrayal, stigmatization, rejection sensitivity, rejection and self-esteem, peer rejection in childhood, emotional responses to rejection, and personality moderators of reactions to rejection.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Part 1. Variaties of Interpersonal Rejection
1: Mark R. Leary: Towards a Conceptualization of Interpersonal Rejection
2: Kipling D. Williams and Lisa Zadro: Ostracism: On Being Ignored, Excluded, and Rejected
3: Roy F. Baumeister and Dawn Dhavale: Two Sides of Romantic Rejection
4: Julie Fitness: Betrayal, Rejection, Revenge, and Forgiveness: An Interpersonal Script Approach
5: Steven R. Ashner et al: Peer Rejection in Everyday Life
Part 2. Dealing with Rejection: Immediate and Long-Term Reactions
6: Mark R. Leary et al: Emotional Responses to Interpersonal Rejection
7: Kristin Sommer: Coping with Rejection: Ego-Defensive Strategies, Self-Esteem, and Interpersonal Relationships
8: Carol T. Miller and Cheryl R. Kaiser: Implications of Mental Models of Self and Others for the Targets of Stigmatization
9: Patricia McDougall et al: The Consequences of Childhood Peer Rejection
Part 3. Individual Differences
10: Sheri R. Levy et al: The Role of Rejection Sensitivity in People's Relationships with Significant Others and Valued Social Groups
11: Kristine M. Kelly: Individual Differences in Reactions to Rejection
Author Index
Subject Index
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