Rejection doesn't just bruise your ego; it strikes at the core of your identity. From a psychological perspective, ...

Dating is hard. It’s worth the occasional reminder so you can always approach every related situation with kindness and compassion (while also being truthful). This should be especially top of mind ...

LOS ANGELES — Imagine being passed over for a promotion or left out of a friend’s wedding. These moments of social rejection might feel painful, but researchers from the University of Southern ...

Imagine finding out your friends hosted a dinner party and didn’t invite you, or that you were passed over for a job you were excited about. These moments hurt, and people often describe rejection in ...

We often talk about the look of love. Two people locking eyes with each other across a crowded room. A couple gazing at each other on a first date, oblivious of their surroundings. If recognizing ...

Recently, I tweeted: “In love, the only thing more frightening than rejection is acceptance.” Although I’ve touched on this idea in previous posts, I wanted to use this post to expand a little more on ...

“Now, students are applying to a dozen or even more,” said psychologist Mary Alvord, co-author of the book “Resilience Builder Program for Children and Adolescents.” Case in point: In 2016, UCLA hit a ...

Jennifer Martin -- and her delicate teenage ego -- received a wake-up call on her cell phone. The call came from her mother, telling her that after being left in limbo for months on the school's ...

In our previous articles in the Supply Chain Survival Series, we discussed when a party’s failure to perform may (or may not) be excused by a contractual force majeure provision or by the common law ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Begüm Babür, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (THE CONVERSATION) ...