The heartbrake of social rejection: Heart rate deceleration in response to unexpected peer rejection

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1326-1333

  Moor, Bregtje Gunther ^a,b   Crone, Eveline A ^a,b   van der Molen, Maurits W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

affective regulation; central autonomic network; feedback; heart rate; social rejection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649885164     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610379236     Document Type: Article

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