[[Social]] '''rejection''' occurs when an [[individual]] is deliberately excluded from a inter[[personal]] [[relationship]] or social relation. The [[topic]] includes both interpersonal rejection (or [[peer]] rejection) and [[romantic]] rejection. A [[person]] can be rejected on an [[individual]] basis or by an entire [[group]] of people. Furthermore, rejection can be either [[active]], by bullying, teasing, or ridiculing, or [[passive]], by ignoring a person, or giving the "[[silent]] treatment." The [[experience]] of being rejected is [[subjective]] for the recipient, and it can be [[perceived]] when it is not actually present. | [[Social]] '''rejection''' occurs when an [[individual]] is deliberately excluded from a inter[[personal]] [[relationship]] or social relation. The [[topic]] includes both interpersonal rejection (or [[peer]] rejection) and [[romantic]] rejection. A [[person]] can be rejected on an [[individual]] basis or by an entire [[group]] of people. Furthermore, rejection can be either [[active]], by bullying, teasing, or ridiculing, or [[passive]], by ignoring a person, or giving the "[[silent]] treatment." The [[experience]] of being rejected is [[subjective]] for the recipient, and it can be [[perceived]] when it is not actually present. |