ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2023
One is the loneliest number: Involuntary celibacy (incel), mental health, and loneliness.
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- Pathological narcissism and inceldom: can the application of treatment principles for PN help reduce the rise of incel-related incidents?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Suicidal Ideation, Screen Time, and Online Harassment Among College Students: Gender Differences in a National Survey, United States, 2023-2024.American journal of public health · 2026Article
- The psychology of incels: a dual-pathways framework for mental health, ideology, and harm.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Development and validation of the Social Emotional Assets (SEA) scale: a culturally responsive measure of social-emotional competencies in emerging adulthood.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves": Gender Differences in Singles' Well-Being.Social psychological and personality science · 2025Article
- The Dual Pathways Hypothesis of Incel Harm: A Model of Harmful Attitudes and Beliefs Among Involuntary Celibates.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- From Privilege to Threat: Unraveling Psychological Pathways to the Manosphere.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Normalizing toxicity: the role of recommender algorithms for young people's mental health and social wellbeing.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The Angry Echo Chamber: A Study of Extremist and Emotional Language Changes in Incel Communities Over Time.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- Aspects of Quality of Life: Single vs. Mated People.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- What Does It Take to Make an Incel: The Role of Paranoid Thinking, Depression, Anxiety, and Attachment Patterns.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- Predictors and memory consequences of dating decisions in a dating app-analogue study.Evolutionary human sciences · 2024Article
- Incels, autism, and hopelessness: affective incorporation of online interaction as a challenge for phenomenological psychopathology.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Incels-a ragtag collection of young males who have rallied around their shared experience of romantic rejection-have slowly emerged as an online group of interest to researchers, no doubt as a result of several high-profile attacks. Much of this work has centered around incels' dating experiences, sexual attitudes, and online forums. However, it is possible that their moniker, short for involuntary celibate, has resulted in an overemphasis on their sexual exclusion and frustration. Recent work has identified social isolation as a key aspect of inceldom, which may help explain why incels have responded negatively to romantic rejection. The present study thus sought to examine the role of social support and loneliness in experiences of rejection in a sample of incel ( Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-023-04275-z.
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