Social rejection
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Social rejection happens when a person or group of people are not allowed to be part of a interpersonal relationships or social interactions. A person can be rejected by individuals or an entire group of people. This can be caused by bullying and by ignoring a person, or being silent around them.[1]
Social Rejection Media
This scene of the Admonitions Scroll shows an emperor turning away from his consort, his hand raised in a gesture of rejection and with a look of disdain on his face.
Rejected children are more likely to be bullied at school and on playgrounds.[source?]
The Painting "Pope Makes Love To Lady Mary Wortley Montagu" by William Powell Frith depicts Lady Mary Wortley Montagu laughingly rejecting Alexander Pope's courtship.
References
- ↑ Baumeister, R. F.; Tice, D. M. (1990). "Anxiety and social exclusion". Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 9 (2): 165–195. doi:10.1521/jscp.1990.9.2.165.