Multiracial individuals’ experiences of rejection and acceptance from different racial groups and implications for life satisfaction

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“…As a result, both Multiracial and Multicultural populations experience interpersonal and structural discrimination. Discrimination may occur in different forms, and is often associated with negative relational and wellbeing outcomes (Araújo Dawson, 2009;Christophe et al, 2021;Franco et al, 2021a;Gee et al, 2007Gee et al, , 2009Jang et al, 2010;Lee & Ahn, 2011;Miller et al, 2011;Norman & Chen, 2021;Salahuddin & O'Brien, 2011;Tran et al, 2010;Yoo et al, 2016).…”

“…Similarly, in a nationally representative study of US adults, Multiracial people reported experiencing greater discrimination than White and Asian adults, and lower discrimination than Black adults (Nalven et al, 2021). For Multiracial people, discrimination may be perpetrated by both White people and people of color (Rockquemore & Brunsma, 2007), though some evidence suggests Multiracial people may be rejected less by other Multiracial people than monoracial ingroup members (Norman et al, 2021). Moreover, the racism Multiracial people experience may target their minoritized identities, or their Multiracial identity (Salahuddin & O'Brien, 2011), and can be perpetrated by strangers as well as family members (Franco & Carter, 2019;Franco et al, 2021a;Nadal et al, 2011;Salahuddin & O'Brien, 2011).…”

Hurting all the way: The emotional antecedent and consequence of social rejection

“…Social rejection is a form of social denial in building interactions among individuals (Leary et al, 1998;Freedman et al, 2017). Although undesirable, social rejection is still found in many circumstances for status-related purposes (Chung et al, 2021;Norman et al, 2021;Landini, 2022;Saco, 2022). Given that past research has already provided references to social rejections among inferior targets, we focus on social rejection toward superior recipients.…”

“…In this paper, we use social rejection to describe the phenomenon that the rejector turning the recipient (or recipient's request) down in the social interaction. Current literature has revealed that social rejection is an alternative for inferior individuals: their inferiority could be based on an inferior social status indicated by demographic factors and other status characteristics (Chung et al, 2021;Norman et al, 2021;Landini, 2022;Saco, 2022). Social rejection's negativity is mainly related to one of human's basic needs: the need for relatedness (Ryan and Deci, 2000;Haldorai et al, 2022;Lin and Fan, 2022).…”

“…Social rejection refers to the state where the rejector denies the request of the target in social interaction (Leary et al, 1998;Freedman et al, 2017). The antecedents of social rejection are diverse and complicated, as personalities (Killian et al, 2021;Rudert et al, 2021;Yaakobi, 2021;Redmond et al, 2022;Scott et al, 2022), perceptions (Zhang et al, 2022), status characteristics (Chung et al, 2021;Norman et al, 2021;Landini, 2022;Saco, 2022), and situational factors (Li Q. et al, 2021;Rudert et al, 2021;Graupmann and Pfundmair, 2022;Liborio et al, 2022) all play important roles in shaping social rejection. Generally speaking, social rejection happens to socially-unfavorable individuals or under difficult times.…”