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Rejection Sensitivity, Social Withdrawal, and Loneliness in Young Adults
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Rejection sensitivity (RS) has significant negative impacts on individuals' social cognitions, feelings, and interpersonal behaviors. The present research assessed the hypothesis that the effect of RS on young adults' loneliness is mediated by their tendency to withdraw from social contact so as to avoid possible rejection. Participants completed measures of their RS, their tendencies to engage in social withdrawal to avoid rejection, and their loneliness; as well as measures of their social avoidance and distress, self‐esteem, and social self‐efficacy. Results confirmed the main hypothesis and also indicated that RS is positively related to social avoidance and distress, and negatively related to self‐esteem and social self‐efficacy. Implications of the findings for understanding and counteracting RS are discussed.
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“RS has been linked with reduced self-esteem (Watson & Nesdale, 2012) and may give rise to significant psychopathology (Gao, Assink, Cipriani, & Lin, 2017;Pietrzak et al., 2005;Rosenbach & Renneberg, 2011).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- WATSON, J., & NESDALE, D.
- Affiliations
- Griffith University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- NESDALE, DREW
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-06-14
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1984-2005
- ISSN
- 0021-9029 (ISSN-L)
- 1559-1816
- OpenAlex
- W1627460310
- Cited by
- 218
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 7.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- rejection sensitivity, social withdrawal, loneliness, young adults, social avoidance, social distress, self-esteem, social self-efficacy, mediation, interpersonal rejection
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