Vicarious group-based rejection: creating a potentially dangerous mix of humiliation, powerlessness, and anger.

Rejection can convey that one is seen as inferior and not worth bothering with. Is it possible for people to feel vicariously rejected in this sense and have reactions that are similar to those following personal rejection, such as feeling humiliated, powerless, and angry? A study on personal reject...

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Main Authors: Tinka M Veldhuis, Ernestine H Gordijn, René Veenstra, Siegwart Lindenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3997388?pdf=render