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Social rejection, popularity, peer victimization, and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Cheek, SM; Reiter-Lavery, T; Goldston, DB
Published in: Clin Psychol Rev
December 2020

Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) are significant public health problems in adolescence. The current article provides a comprehensive systematic review examining the relationship between events leading to perceived low relational evaluation (e.g. social rejection) and SITBs among adolescents. Theoretical work posits that low relational evaluation is experienced as psychologically painful, a known correlate of SITBs. Therefore, events leading to low relational evaluation may be particularly informative in understanding the context of SITBs. The current review examines how experiences of low relational evaluation that are hypothesized to elicit psychological pain, such as social rejection, low popularity, and peer victimization are related to engagement in SITBs in adolescence. A total of 56 articles meeting inclusion criteria were identified. The hypothesis of an association between indicators of low relational evaluation and SITBs was generally supported throughout the literature, with more consistency found among studies examining suicidal ideation specifically. However, interpretation of the findings is constrained by various methodological limitations of studies. The present review concludes with a theoretical conceptualization of the relationship between perceived relational value and SITBs, leveraging social and evolutionary psychological theory, to guide future research into this topic.

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Clin Psychol Rev

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1873-7811

Publication Date

December 2020

Volume

82

Start / End Page

101936

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Suicide, Attempted
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Self-Injurious Behavior
  • Psychological Distance
  • Humans
  • Crime Victims
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Adolescent
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
 

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Cheek, S. M., Reiter-Lavery, T., & Goldston, D. B. (2020). Social rejection, popularity, peer victimization, and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Rev, 82, 101936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101936
Cheek, Shayna M., Theresa Reiter-Lavery, and David B. Goldston. “Social rejection, popularity, peer victimization, and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clin Psychol Rev 82 (December 2020): 101936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101936.
Cheek, Shayna M., et al. “Social rejection, popularity, peer victimization, and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clin Psychol Rev, vol. 82, Dec. 2020, p. 101936. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101936.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clin Psychol Rev

DOI

EISSN

1873-7811

Publication Date

December 2020

Volume

82

Start / End Page

101936

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Suicide, Attempted
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Self-Injurious Behavior
  • Psychological Distance
  • Humans
  • Crime Victims
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Adolescent
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology