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'Feeling constantly kicked down': A qualitative phenomenological study exploring rejection sensitivity in autistic adults.
Alvin van Asselt, Yvette Roke, Sander M Begeer, Anke M Scheeren
Published: 202510.1177/13623613251376893
Abstract
Autistic individuals are at greater risk of social rejection than non-autistic peers. On social media, adults with autism report an extreme sensitivity to social rejection. This qualitative study explored lived experiences of heightened rejection sen…
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