Rejection Sensitivity, Social Withdrawal, and Loneliness in Young Adults

Watson, John; Nesdale, Drew

doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00927.x

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“…Social difficulties, including loneliness, isolation, are also often indicated in suicidal behavior among college students including diverse college students (Chang et al, 2010;Jeglic et al, 2007). We included rejection sensitivity, a social cognitive-affective processing style linked to but not completely correlated with identified interpersonal triggers (current loneliness, isolation) of suicidal behavior in college students (Watson & Nesdale, 2012). Future studies could thus also include measures of binge drinking and current social support and connection.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Associated with Recurrent Suicidal Ideation among Racially and Ethnically Diverse College Students with a History of Suicide Attempt: The Role of Mindfulness

Chesin¹,

Jeglic

2015

Archives of Suicide Research

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Although one-third of enrolled U.S. undergraduate college students are non-White, little is known about risk factors for suicidal behavior among racial and ethnic minority students. Thus, we set out to determine psychosocial factors associated with recurrent suicidal ideation among racially and ethnically diverse college students with a history of suicide attempt. From 2012-2013, 1,734 racially and ethnically diverse college students completed an on-line survey of suicidal behavior and associated factors. Depression, hopelessness, rejection sensitivity, and mindfulness, as well as past-year discrimination, ethnic identification, and acculturative stress were measured using well-validated self-report instruments. The Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation was used to assess current suicidal ideation. A subsample of 118 college students who self-reported a past suicide attempt were selected for the current analysis. Logistic regression analysis was used to test associations between risk factors and the presence of suicidal ideation, and linear regression analysis was used to test factors associated with suicidal ideation severity among those who reported current suicidal ideation. Depression was significantly related to both the presence and severity of current suicidal ideation. Mindfulness, and in particular awareness of present moment experience, was also inversely associated with ideation severity. We found depression and mindlessness were associated with suicidal ideation severity among a sample of diverse college students at high risk for suicidal behavior due to a past suicide attempt. Factors unique to the minority experience, such as acculturative stress, were not associated with current suicidal ideation. Implications for suicide prevention are discussed.

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Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Associated with Recurrent Suicidal Ideation among Racially and Ethnically Diverse College Students with a History of Suicide Attempt: The Role of Mindfulness

Chesin¹,

Jeglic

2015

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“…The role of perceived social support as a buffer and protective barrier to loneliness has been well documented [91][92][93]. Infidelity is known to destroy a person's social support system as a result of no longer having access to resources that would help them cope with the stressors associated with the devastating situation [86].…”

Section: Infidelity: Social Support and Lonelinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intimacy, Loneliness & Infidelity

Rokach¹,

Philibert-Lignières

2015

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This article explores the experience of loneliness in intimacy, with a special focus on infidelity. First, the notion of intimacy and love are examined and related to the concept of loneliness. To be in love is often thought to exclude being lonely but research shows otherwise.' Loneliness is exacerbated when intimacy is shattered by interpersonal events like infidelity. A review of recent literature regarding infidelity is presented. The concepts of depression, social support, selfesteem, and betrayal as a result of infidelity are examined and linked to loneliness. Also included, is a small discussion regarding the psychological distress and loneliness of the adulterer, before and after the revelation of infidelity. It is further asserted that loneliness is a two-way construct when speaking of infidelity; not only is it a salient product of infidelity, but also a strong predictor of its occurrence.Keywords: Betrayal, depression, infidelity, intimacy, loneliness, marriage, social support.People are social animals, and have a basic human need to belong, to be part of an intimate, lasting, caring relationship with a partner who is close and deeply concerned about us. Yearning to fulfill that need, we establish close contact and develop intimate relationships [1]. THE NATURE OF INTIMACYIntimacy is a multifaceted concept and is composed of knowledge, caring, interdependence, mutuality, trust, and commitment [2]. Partners, in an intimate relationship, possess extensive personal, confidential, and private knowledge about each other. That rich information, which the partners usually share with one another, may include their histories, preferences, and desires that they would not be so ready to reveal to other people. Caring is a hallmark of intimate relations. Intimate partners care about each other and feel affectionate towards their partner. Intimate partners' lives are intertwined and they affect each other continually. The extent to which they need and influence each other, i.e. their interdependence, impacts their partner meaningfully and does so in many areas of life, in different ways, and over long periods of time [1]. Intimate couples often exhibit mutuality, thinking of themselves as -us‖ [3] and seeing themselves as overlapping in various respects. Trust and intimacy are closely related. So, trusting relationship is established when the partners know that it is safe to open up and that their partner will be there to support and respond to their needs [4]. Finally, intimate partners are committed to their relationship; they expect them to go on indefinitely and *Address correspondence to this author at the York University, Canada; E-mail: arokach@yorku.ca for that they are ready to invest time, effort, and the resources at their disposal.Establishing and maintaining close, intimate relationships with a significant other has been recognized as a fundamental human motivation [5]. In that context, marriage is perceived as the most intimate adult bonding, serving as a primary source of affection, love, ...

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“…Evidence from adult studies demonstrates increased vigilance to social cues in lonely people. In Table 1, we provide an overview of these findings, which shows that loneliness in (young) adulthood is associated with remembering more social events , enhanced attention to facial and vocal expressions of emotion Pickett, Gardner, & Knowles, 2004), greater activation of the visual cortex in response to unpleasant social pictures of people compared with objects ( J. T. Cacioppo, Norris, Decety, Monteleone, & Nusbaum, 2009), initial visual vigilance to pictures depicting social rejection (Bangee, Harris, Bridges, Rotenberg, & Qualter, 2014), and sensitivity to signs of rejection and fear of negative evaluation ( Jackson, 2007;Watson & Nesdale, 2012). Studies with lonely children and adolescents have shown them to have difficulty disengaging from rejection stimuli during an eye-tracker task and have highlighted their sensitivity to signs of rejection ( Jackson, 2007;.…”

Section: The Cognitive Reaffiliation Process Across Ontogenymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Empirical studies show that lonely adults are often more withdrawn than their nonlonely peers (Watson & Nesdale, 2012), avoid others (Nurmi, Toivonen, SalmelaAro, & Eronen, 1997), and are more passive in social interactions ( Jones, Hobbs, & Hockenbury, 1982). Crosssectional and experimental research in which loneliness was induced showed that transient loneliness was associated with higher levels of shyness and fear of negative evaluation ( J. T. Cacioppo et al, 2006).…”

Section: The Behavioral Reaffiliation Process Across Ontogenymentioning

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Loneliness Across the Life Span

Qualter

Vanhalst

Harris

et al. 2015

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Most people have experienced loneliness and have been able to overcome it to reconnect with other people. In the current review, we provide a life-span perspective on one component of the evolutionary theory of loneliness—a component we refer to as the reaffiliation motive (RAM). The RAM represents the motivation to reconnect with others that is triggered by perceived social isolation. Loneliness is often a transient experience because the RAM leads to reconnection, but sometimes this motivation can fail, leading to prolonged loneliness. We review evidence of how aspects of the RAM change across development and how these aspects can fail for different reasons across the life span. We conclude with a discussion of age-appropriate interventions that may help to alleviate prolonged loneliness.

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Rejection Sensitivity, Social Withdrawal, and Loneliness in Young Adults

Cited by 154 publications

References 60 publications

Factors Associated with Recurrent Suicidal Ideation among Racially and Ethnically Diverse College Students with a History of Suicide Attempt: The Role of Mindfulness

Factors Associated with Recurrent Suicidal Ideation among Racially and Ethnically Diverse College Students with a History of Suicide Attempt: The Role of Mindfulness

Intimacy, Loneliness & Infidelity

Loneliness Across the Life Span

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