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Implications of rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships
Abstract
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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“and are prone to personalize ambiguous cues of rejection (Downey & Feldman, 1996).”
From Associations between rejection sensitivity and mental health outcomes: A meta-analytic review (2017) · cites this paper as Downey & Feldman, 1996
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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).”
From The Test of Time: Predictors and Effects of Duration in Youth Mentoring Relationships (2002) · cites this paper as Downey & Feldman, 1996
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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)”
From A transdiagnostic minority stress treatment approach for gay and bisexual men's syndemic health conditions (2015) · cites this paper as Downey & Feldman, 1996
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“A link be-tween has also been found (Downey & Feldman 1996, Feldman & Downey 1994).”
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“Analogously, people with insecure attachment styles are highly wary of rejection from close others and thus tend to be highly sensitive to cues that may signal the potential for hurt feelings (Downey & Feldman, 1996).”
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- 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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