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Acceptance is a core element of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). In this context, acceptance is a process that involves actively contacting psychological internal experiences (emotions, sensations, urges, flashbacks, and other private events) directly, fully, without reacting or becoming defensive.
Social psychological research confirms the motivational basis of the need for acceptance. Specifically, fear of rejection leads to conformity to peer pressure (sometimes called normative influence, cf. informational influence), and compliance to the demands of others. The need for affiliation and social interaction appears to be particularly ...
Interpersonal acceptance–rejection theory (IPARTheory), [1] was authored by Ronald P. Rohner at the University of Connecticut.IPARTheory is an evidence-based theory of socialization and lifespan development that attempts to describe, predict, and explain major consequences and correlates of interpersonal acceptance and rejection in multiple types of relationships worldwide.
Sen. Karen Berg, a Louisville Democrat, said her son spent his life “working to extend grace, compassion and understanding to everyone, but especially to the vulnerable and marginalized.” He ...
“Evangelical” has become associated with lack of acceptance of women in leadership roles and of those who are part of the LGBTQA community, resulting in their exclusion and often physical harm ...
Some studies have found poorer mental health outcomes for bisexual people than gay men and lesbians, which has been attributed to some degree to this community's lack of acceptance and validation both within and outside of the LGBTQ community. One qualitative study interviewed 55 bisexual people in order to identify common reasons for higher ...
This scrutiny includes a lack of acceptance and recognition as a separate educational entity within sexual education programs provided by many high school education districts. [106] Latinas are viewed as needing to have less interest in sexual education while Latinos are told to maintain focus and to take the education seriously. [107]
This decline in mental health could also be a result of a lack of acceptance from society as a whole. The queer space tends to be dominated by a more monocultural, white population. Therefore, transgender Asian Americans are unlikely to find acceptance within their own cultural community or within the queer space. [16]