When participants adjusted their beliefs about how much others valued them, areas linked to social rejection were activated.

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Far more than a traditional exploration of grief, this book dives into the intertwined emotional threads of forgiveness, social acceptance, and the pain of rejection. Dr. Brubaker extends beyond ...

High schoolers are putting a positive spin on the hardship of college admissions processes with “rejection cakes.” ...

Joe’s dad favored his older two brothers, who continually competed with each other to win their father’s acceptance ... rejection sensitivity. Case study: Sue Sue never spoke to people at ...

In the video, her friends placed rejection pins from ... that display has moved onto social media, where teens’ For You Pages are flooded with acceptance videos featuring screams of joy and ...

Current theories suggest that physical pain and social rejection share common neural mechanisms, largely by virtue of overlapping functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) activity. Here we ...