“…Social trauma is defined as an individual's experience of being socially humiliated or rejected in interpersonal situations, which can severely endanger one's social integrity (Neuner, 2022). It is also characterized as a threat to societal and cultural groups to explain group-specific fears, which are frequently associated with emotional abuse, bullying, and persecution that can develop into guilt, self-blame, or anger (Hamburger, 2021). People who are exposed to negative social events sometimes perceive, experience, or appraise these events as threats, whereby core social motives can be violated (e.g., the need for social status and belonging), and they are often associated with intense affective reactions, including dread, despair, and defeat.…”