Imagine finding out your friends hosted a dinner party and didn't invite you, or that you were passed over for a job you were excited about. These moments hurt, and people often describe rejection in ...

For proof that rejection, exclusion, and acceptance are central to our lives, look no farther than the living room, says a psychologist. "If you turn on the television set, and watch any reality TV ...

Relationships are voluntary. Acceptance or rejection are self-chosen personal processes that generate affect states such as liking or disliking, trust or distrust, sincerity or insincerity, and the ...

Re “‘We Are the Most Rejected Generation,’” by David Brooks (column, May 18): The shortage of good jobs for young adults is real, and elite colleges are, by definition, highly selective, but simple ...

- The concept of social acceptance, both from others and of others - How rejection—whether personal or systemic—can deepen the wounds of grief - Practical tools for coping with grief in its many forms ...

The ways parents show affection toward their children differ in different cultures. But children's reactions to rejection by a parent don't, reports a team of researchers from the University of ...

“Writers privately love two things: obsessing over rejection and watching their peers fail.” This is the joke I made when people asked why I would make my rejections public, but the simple answer was, ...