Talk:Social rejection

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Contents 1 Cleanup 2 Revision 3 citations 4 this article as an example of why the wikipedia is crap 5 Long-term consequences

[edit] Cleanup

In my opinion, this article needs to cite some references. Right now, it seems to be a lot of unsourced, opinion statements. Are there no books on the subject that can be used?TheRingess 00:35, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

It needs a lot of work. This page is on my to-do list... Jcbutler 16:34, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Dirty little bastards! BadCist 02:07, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Revision

I just completed a major revision of the page, including various types of rejection experiences and references. --Jcbutler 21:55, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] citations

The experience of rejection can potentially lead to a number of adverse psychological consequences such as loneliness, reduced self-esteem, aggression, and depression.^[1] It can also lead to feelings of insecurity and a heightened sensitivity to future rejection.

Please take care, when you cite, to carry the current gist of the meaning along with you. A psychological study, if it's a worthy one, will not be mounted on the verb "can". --VKokielov 02:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Are you suggesting that the verb "can" does not appear in the psychological literature?! Feel free to wordsmith after you've read the source. Otherwise, please do not delete useful material.

[edit] this article as an example of why the wikipedia is crap

Silent treatment and shunning used to include references to psychologists and other experts that consider these acts to be psychological abuse.

But we can't have that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.39.78.68 (talk) 18:58, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Long-term consequences

Though slightly mentioned in the "rejection sensitivity" part, I'd say this deserves some attention on its own. It's not hard to understand that rejection in early childhood (mainy in primary school and family) makes people sensitive to future rejection. When a child 'learns' that he is a reject (much like learning that you're smart, athletic, etc), he will likely start acting as one, even after for instance changing schools. Such patterns would be quite consistent with development of Avoidant pers. disorder/Social phobia/Paranoid PD/Borderline PD, though such diagnoses would usually not be made for children. It's not only understandable but even logical for a rejected child to become paranoid, self-defence to prevent future repetition of the past trauma.

Some may argue that rejection happens to anyone. The same however counts for most forms of abuse. Most children will get a beating at some point, most will get called names at some point. It becomes a problem if it becomes a pattern by happening a lot over an extended period of time, and when it is not properly compensated or dealt with. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.122.225.60 (talk) 22:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)