Imagine you're a child in a classroom, and your teacher tells everyone to form groups for a project. You sit and wait, watching as other kids pair up and wondering if anyone will pick you. This fear ...

Children expecting rejection tend to resist conforming to academic and social trends. A child's emotional and cognitive reactions to potential rejection are strong predictors of conformity. Anxious ...

The fear of rejection is one of our deepest human fears. Biologically wired with a longing to belong, we fear being seen in a critical way. We’re anxious about the prospect of being cut off, demeaned, ...

If ambiguity feels unbearable or silence feels personal, rejection sensitivity may be quietly shaping your relationships.

Rejection is a huge fear for many people, but a trending form of "therapy" involves putting that fear front and center. With a quick scroll on TikTok you'll find plenty of videos of people undergoing ...

(Photo: Gabriella Carr/TikTok/@gracefullygabbie) We are conditioned early on to believe that being rejected means we aren’t good or deserving enough. So, naturally, we avoid it at all costs. This ...

Most of us are, to a certain extent, afraid of rejection. But for some, this fear can be debilitating. New research forthcoming in the journal Social Psychology and Personality Science explores the ...

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