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Implications of rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships
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People who are sensitive to social rejection tend to anxiously expect, readily perceive, and overreact to it. This article shows that this cognitive-affective processing disposition undermines intimate relationships. Study 1 describes a measure that operationalizes the anxious-expectations component of rejection sensitivity.
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“When such adolescents encounter cues that relationships will not proceed, however minimal or ambiguous, they may readily perceive intentional rejection from their mentors (Downey & Feldman, 1996;Downey, Lebolt, Rincon, & Freitas, 1998).”
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“Fears of rejection, for example, which represent a key component of insecure attachment (Downey & Feldman, 1996), predict low condom use assertion with clear implications for HIV infection (Hart & Heimberg, 2005)”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Downey, G., & Feldman, S. I.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- ORCID
- Downey, Geraldine
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1996
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1327-1343
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W4241492439
- Cited by
- 2,110
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 16.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (1r29mh051113-01)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R29-MH51113)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- rejection sensitivity, intimate relationships, interpersonal rejection, romantic relationships
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Personality Assessment, Psychometrics, Rejection, Psychology, Social Perception, Social Support
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