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Differential susceptibility to peer rejection and acceptance: A within-child experiment
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DOI:10.1017/S0954579426101382.png)
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The differential susceptibility model suggests that the same children who are more susceptible to peer rejection are also more susceptible to peer acceptance. Testing this within-child assumption; we examined whether a subgroup of children exists who are more reactive to both rejection and acceptance; and whether higher levels of sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) characterize this subgroup. We randomly assigned 455 preadolescents (Mage = 10.86; 49.5% boys) to receive either counterbalanced rejection and acceptance feedback (experimental group) or neutral feedback (control group) from online fictitious peers; and assessed their emotional; self-esteem; attributional; and behavioral responses. Results revealed two subgroups of children showing elevated emotional or self-esteem reactivity to both rejection and acceptance; supporting within-child differential susceptibility. However; SPS did not distinguish these subgroups or moderate children’s responses to peer feedback – suggesting limited support for SPS as a differential susceptibility marker to experimentally manipulated peer acceptance and rejection.
Keywords:
children
experiment
peer acceptance
peer rejection
preadolescents
sensory processing sensitivity
within-child differential susceptibility
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