The Dynamic Ecology of Rejection and Acceptance: Mental Health Implications

Downey, Geraldine; Daniels, Jarrell E

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“…Members of stigmatized groups who are high in rejection sensitivity likely engage in interpersonal behaviors not only to protect against rejection (e.g., social withdrawal), but also to achieve or maintain acceptance (e.g., conforming to opinions, values, and behaviors of others). Although conformity may facilitate or maintain acceptance (Dittes & Kelly, 1956), it may also lead to feelings of inauthenticity (Downey & Daniels, 2020). Feelings of inauthenticity often result in adverse interpersonal outcomes, such as feelings of loneliness (Bryan et al., 2017), even in the context of close relationships that may satisfy belonging needs.…”

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Thwarted belonging needs: A mechanism prospectively linking multiple levels of stigma and interpersonal outcomes among sexual minorities

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Hatzenbuehler

2022

Journal of Social Issues

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The association between stigma and adverse interpersonal outcomes is well established. However, the mechanisms underlying this association have yet to be comprehensively conceptualized and tested, in part because research has neglected to evaluate stigma across multiple levels. To address this gap, we examined whether stigma-measured at individual, interpersonal, and structural levels-prospectively affects loneliness and social support by thwarting fundamental belonging needs, using a longitudinal sample of 315 gay men. Results indicated that thwarted belonging needs prospectively mediated the association between interpersonal discrimination, internalized homonegativity, and concealment motivation and changes in loneliness and lack of social support. When indirect pathways were tested simultaneously, discrimination was uniquely associated with reductions in social support via thwarted belonging needs. In addition, the prospective association between objectively-measured structural stigma (at the state and county levels) and loneliness and lack of social support was serially mediated by perceptions of structural stigma and thwarted belonging needs.To guide future work, we propose a model outlining

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Thwarted belonging needs: A mechanism prospectively linking multiple levels of stigma and interpersonal outcomes among sexual minorities

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Hatzenbuehler

2022

Journal of Social Issues

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“…In addition, Downey and Daniels (2020) discussed the need for a framework that captures how RS is shaped by the dynamic ecology in which people develop. More specifically, they emphasized the importance of considering "the multiple layers of acceptance and rejection that unfold dynamically over the course of our lives and shape expectations and concerns about the social world."…”

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Response to Commentaries: Toward a Unifying Framework for Understanding and Improving Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health

Feinstein

2020

Arch Sex Behav

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In my Target Article (Feinstein, 2019), I described how the rejection sensitivity (RS) model (Downey & Feldman, 1996) could be used to complement and extend minority stress theory (Meyer, 2003) and the psychological mediation framework (Hatzenbuehler, 2009). The commentaries on my Target Article expanded on the relevance of the RS model for diverse sexual and gender minority 1 (SGM) populations (e.g., adolescents; see Baams, Kiekens, & Fish, 2019; transgender and gender diverse individuals; see Wells, Tucker, & Kraines, 2019), and described additional theories that could also be used to advance our understanding of SGM mental health (e.g., explanatory models of suicidal thoughts and behaviors; see Wells et al., 2019; ecological systems theory; see Downey & Daniels, 2020). Here, I respond by discussing three issues that were raised in multiple commentaries: (1) the extent to which social versus individual factors should be considered in models of SGM mental health; (2) the range of existing theories that could be used to inform our understanding of SGM metal health; and (3) the need to not only intervene on RS, but to prevent it before it develops. Ultimately, by acknowledging the complex ways in which SGM people interact with the social environment, we can move toward developing a unifying framework for understanding and improving SGM mental health.Terms of use and reuse: academic research for non-commercial purposes, see here for full terms. https://www.springer.com/aamterms-v1

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“…Se ha elegido estudiar el constructo de sensibilidad al rechazo puesto que es un gran precursor de la mala adaptación, siendo así que se ha vinculado con múltiples psicopatologías como son los problemas temperamentales, donde destaca el neuroticismo (Arianza et al, 2020) y la extraversión (Freedman, 2020), o como el trastorno límite de la personalidad (Cain et al, 2016) y el trastorno de personalidad por evitación (Khoshkam et al, 2012), u otros trastornos relacionados con el estrés. Todo ello puede influir en el autoconcepto y autoestima de cada persona (Downey & Daniels, 2020;Freedman, 2020). De este modo, también está asociado el rechazo con la depresión, la ansiedad social (Cain et al, 2016), el retraimiento (Downey & Daniels, 2020), la soledad (Watson & Nesdale, 2012), la agresividad (London et al, 2007), con una alteración de la funcionalidad interpersonal e incluso con la violencia en pareja (Khoshkam et al, 2012).…”

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“…Todo ello puede influir en el autoconcepto y autoestima de cada persona (Downey & Daniels, 2020;Freedman, 2020). De este modo, también está asociado el rechazo con la depresión, la ansiedad social (Cain et al, 2016), el retraimiento (Downey & Daniels, 2020), la soledad (Watson & Nesdale, 2012), la agresividad (London et al, 2007), con una alteración de la funcionalidad interpersonal e incluso con la violencia en pareja (Khoshkam et al, 2012).…”

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Análisis de la relación entre la sensibilidad al rechazo y el apego en adultos

Parás Gutiérrez

2023

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Resumen: La sensibilidad al rechazo, también llamada sensibilidad interpersonal, es conocida como una disposición cognitiva-afectiva, que predispone a un individuo a esperar ansiosamente, percibir fácilmente y reaccionar intensamente al rechazo. Además, la sensibilidad al rechazo es una gran precursora de la mala adaptación, pues se ha llegado a vincular con múltiples psicopatologías, como por ejemplo la ansiedad social o los trastornos de la personalidad entre otros. De igual manera, se encuentra estrechamente relacionada con los cuatro estilos de apego en los adultos (seguro, preocupado o ansioso, evitativo y temeroso o desorganizado). En este artículo se lleva a cabo un estudio empírico con un total de 321 sujetos, con una media de edad de 32.28 años, de los cuales 208 son mujeres, 112 son hombres y 1 es binario. Pero este último no se tendrá en cuenta, puesto que no es una muestra significativa, para analizar la relación entre los cuatro tipos de apego adulto y el nivel de sensibilidad al rechazo. Como resultado del estudio, se ha obtenido una significación en las correlaciones del apego seguro y la intensidad del rechazo; del apego preocupado con el evitativo y el temeroso; y del apego temeroso y las expectativas del rechazo. Respecto a ambos sexos se ha obtenido que las mujeres muestran mayor puntuación en el apego preocupado, en las expectativas de rechazo y en la intensidad del rechazo. Palabras clave: Relaciones, intensidad, expectativas.

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The Dynamic Ecology of Rejection and Acceptance: Mental Health Implications

Cited by 6 publications

References 26 publications

Thwarted belonging needs: A mechanism prospectively linking multiple levels of stigma and interpersonal outcomes among sexual minorities

Thwarted belonging needs: A mechanism prospectively linking multiple levels of stigma and interpersonal outcomes among sexual minorities

Response to Commentaries: Toward a Unifying Framework for Understanding and Improving Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health

Análisis de la relación entre la sensibilidad al rechazo y el apego en adultos

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