ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
From social exclusion to interpersonal alienation among Chinese college students: the sequential mediating roles of social avoidance and self-disclosure inhibition.
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Background: Social exclusion-being ignored, rejected, or excluded in social interactions-is a prevalent interpersonal stressor among college students, yet the specific mechanisms linking exclusion to long-term interpersonal difficulties remain poorly understood. Objective: This study tested a serial mediation model examining whether social avoidance and self-disclosure inhibition sequentially mediate the association between social exclusion and interpersonal alienation among Chinese college students. Methods: A total of 1,166 Chinese college students (64.67% female; Results: The model explained 45.4% of the variance in interpersonal alienation. Social exclusion was significantly associated with interpersonal alienation (β = 0.571, Conclusions: The findings support a sequential pattern in which social exclusion is associated with behavioral avoidance, which is linked to reduced self-disclosure and greater interpersonal alienation. This pattern suggests that interventions targeting both behavioral avoidance and self-disclosure inhibition may help address exclusion-related interpersonal difficulties among college students.
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