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dc.contributor.authorNesdale, Drew
dc.contributor.authorZimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J
dc.contributor.authorRoxburgh, Natalie
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:45:12Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:45:12Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn0022-4537
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/josi.12044
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/64961
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the reactions of 6 to 12 year old children (N = 144) to in-group members who accepted or rejected them, and assessed whether their reactions were influenced by their rejection sensitivity (RS) and social acumen (SA). After completing measures of RS and SA, children participated in an intergroup simulation in which they were accepted or unambiguously versus ambiguously rejected by their group. Findings indicated that whereas ambiguously rejected children understood that they had been rejected, they nevertheless retained greater in-group identification and more positive attitudes than the rejected children, although less than the accepted children. However, as with rejected participants, ambiguously rejected children still opted to change groups whereas accepted children did not. SA children liked the in-group less, whereas those with SA liked the in-group more. Discussion focused on children's selection of peer groups, as well as the effects of their rejection from them.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom12
dc.relation.ispartofpageto28
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Social Issues
dc.relation.ispartofvolume70
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial and personality psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode441099
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5205
dc.titlePeer Group Rejection in Childhood: Effects of Rejection Ambiguity, Rejection Sensitivity, and Social Acumen
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorNesdale, Drew R.
gro.griffith.authorZimmer-Gembeck, Melanie


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