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  • The Role of Friends in Adolescent Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity: An Exploration of Individual Perceptions of the Friendship Context, and Interactions Within Best Friend Dyads and Friendship Groups

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    Webb, Haley Jean
    Primary Supervisor
    Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck
    Other Supervisors
    Caroline Donovan
    Year published
    2013
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    Abstract
    When we consider society’s fixation with physical attractiveness coupled with adolescent concerns about social acceptance, it seems inevitable that some young people develop a tendency to expect social rejection based on the way they look. This tendency has recently been referred to as appearance-based rejection sensitivity (appearance-RS; Park, 2007). Building upon the existing theory and research on rejection sensitivity and body dissatisfaction, and on two recent studies that examined the role of social relationships on appearance-RS (Bowker et al., 2012; Park, DiRaddo, & Calogero, 2009), the primary purpose of the studies ...
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    When we consider society’s fixation with physical attractiveness coupled with adolescent concerns about social acceptance, it seems inevitable that some young people develop a tendency to expect social rejection based on the way they look. This tendency has recently been referred to as appearance-based rejection sensitivity (appearance-RS; Park, 2007). Building upon the existing theory and research on rejection sensitivity and body dissatisfaction, and on two recent studies that examined the role of social relationships on appearance-RS (Bowker et al., 2012; Park, DiRaddo, & Calogero, 2009), the primary purpose of the studies reported here were to examine the specific and multiple roles of friends in appearance-RS. Following a review of the literature and the development of a modified version of the Appearance-RS Scale (Park, 2007) suitable for adolescents, the Adolescent Appearance-RS Scale (AA-RSS), two studies were conducted.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology (PhD ClinPsych)
    School
    School of Psychology
    Item Access Status
    Public
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    In order to comply with copyright the Appendices have not been published here.
    Subject
    Appearance-based rejection sensitivity
    Rejection sensitivity
    Physical attractiveness
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367872
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    • Theses - Higher Degree by Research

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