In a Meta-Analytic Review of Over 100 Experimental Studies on the Psychological

In a meta-analytic review of over 100 experimental studies on the psychological effects of social exclusion (e.g.,rejection and ostracism) ,Blackhart,Nelson,Knowles,and Baumeister (2009) found that

A) when participants experienced an act of rejection, their emotional states did shift in a negative direction (most starting in the positive range) , but their resulting emotions were not negative but were neutral or slightly positive
B) rejected people reported affective states that could be described as negative, distressed, or upset
C) rejection produced a detectable drop in self-esteem
D) rejection produced a detectable increase in self-esteem