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REJET SOCIAL [3 records]

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Record 1 2023-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
CONT

Social rejection occurs when an individual is deliberately excluded from a social relationship or social interaction. The topic includes interpersonal rejection (or peer rejection) [and] romantic rejection ... A person can be rejected or shunned by individuals or an entire group of people.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
CONT

L'ostracisme(ou rejet social) est une forme d’exclusion délibérée d’un individu d’une relation interpersonnelle ou d’une relation sociale. Cela inclut le rejet interpersonnel et le rejet sentimental. Un individu peut être rejeté […] par un autre individu ou par un groupe entier de personnes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Problems
  • Mental health and hygiene
DEF

A social phenomenon characterized by exclusion, rejection, blame or worthlessness resulting from an unfavourable social judgment about an individual or group.

Key term(s)
  • stigmatisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
DEF

Phénomène social caractérisé par l'exclusion, le rejet, le blâme ou la dévalorisation découlant d’un jugement social défavorable à l'égard d’une personne ou d’un groupe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología social
  • Problemas sociales
  • Higiene y salud mental
CONT

La estigmatización es una manera de señalar y discriminar a muchos pacientes [...]

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Record 3 1994-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Vegetative symptoms include oversleeping, increased appetite and weight gain, responsiveness to events, extreme sensibility to interpersonal rejection.

CONT

... reactions to depressed and nondepressed persons following real or imagined interaction. The relationship between ... depression and rejection by others ... Both negative mood induction and interpersonal rejection appeared to be moderated by such substantive and methodological variables as partner type, partner relationship, and the modality in which the interaction took place ... [Source: PsycINFO database].

OBS

interpersonal rejection: fixed psychological term in English; no terminological equivalent yet exists in French - must resort to the paraphrase.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
OBS

Expressions connexes : hypersensibilité au rejet, hypersensibilité d’être rejeté par une autre personne; rejet social; rejet d’ordre interpersonnel.

Spanish

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