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(Ed.) (2001) Interpersonal rejection (pp. 73-103) . New York: Oxford University Press.  \nAcknowledgement: The author acknowledges the support of a Large ARC grant A79601552 in the writing of this chapter.  \n2  \nIntroduction  \nThroughout recorded human history, treachery and betrayal have been considered amongst the very worst offences people could commit against their kith and kin. Dante, for example, relegated traitors to the lowest and coldest regions of Hell, to be forever frozen up to their necks in a lake of ice with blizzards storming all about them, as punishment for having acted so coldly toward others. Even today, the crime of treason merits the most severe penalties, including capital punishment. However, betrayals need not involve issues of national security tobe regarded as serious. From sexual infidelity to disclosing a friend’s secrets, betraying another person or group of people implies unspeakable disloyalty, a breach of trust, and a violation of what is good and proper. Moreover, all of us will suffer both minor and major betrayals throughout our lives, and most ofus will, if only unwittingly, betray others (Jones & Burdette, 1994) .  \nThe Macquarie Dictionary (1991) lists a number of different, though closely related, meanings ofthe term“to betray,” including to deliver up to an enemy, to be disloyal or unfaithful, to deceive or mislead, to reveal secrets, to seduce and desert, and to disappoint the hopes or expectations of another. Implicit in a number of these definitions is the rejection or discounting of one person by another; however, the nature of the relationship between interpersonal betrayal and rejection has not been explicitly addressed in the social psychological literature. In fact, most scholars treat the two as distinct phenomena. For example, Jones and Burdette (1994) argued that rejection tends to occur early in the process of trying to establish a relationship, whereas betrayal occurs in an established relationship where partners are involved with, and to an extent, trust one another. According to their argument, rejection is painful, but the pain is for the loss of a potential relationship. Betrayal, however, is devastating because it disrupts an ongoing, meaningful relationship in which partners have invested material and emotional resources. Similarly, Jones, Couch and Scott (1997) argued that rejection and betrayal are the two basic risks people take in close relationships, but that betrayal is worse than rejection.  \nI will argue in this chapter, however, that this conceptualization of interpersonal rejection is too narrow and misses the essential meaning of what it is to betray, and to be betrayed, within an interpersonal relationship. Essentially, betrayal means that one party in a relationship acts in away that favors his or her own interests at the expense of the other party’s interests. In one sense, this behavior implies that the betrayer regards his or her needs as more important than the needs of the partner or the relationship. In a deeper sense, however, betrayal sends an ominous signal about how little the betrayer cares about, or values his or her relationship with, the betrayed partner. In particular, and as Gaylin (1984) noted, when those on whom we depend for love and support betray our trust, the feeling is like a stab at the heart that leaves us feeling unsafe, diminished, and alone. Psychologically, then, betrayal may be conceived as a profound form of interpersonal rejection with potentially serious consequences for the healthy functioning of the betrayed individual.  \nThis chapter focuses on interpersonal betrayal and the ways in which relationship partners cope or do not cope with the rejection it implies. The first section will review the theoretical and empirical work on the","cbCaifNZ5UFaPLS5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifNZ5UFaPLS5","pdf",417275,25,"English","# Introduction\n# The Nature of Betrayal","[{\"question\":\"What is the chapter’s overall structure and focus after the introduction?\",\"answer\":\"It reviews theoretical and empirical work on the nature and causes of betrayal across relational contexts, analyzes cognitive, emotional, and behavioral correlates from both betraying and betrayed perspectives, and considers aftermath effects including data on forgiven versus unforgiven marital offenses.\"}]","Betrayal, Rejection, Revenge, and Forgiveness: An Interpersonal Script Approach | PDF",63]