Implications of rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships.

@article{citeulike:3025011, 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. Study 2 provides experimental evidence that people who anxiously expect rejection readily perceive intentional rejection in the ambiguous behavior of others. Study 3 shows that people who enter romantic relationships with anxious expectations of rejection readily perceive intentional rejection in the insensitive behavior of their new partners. Study 4 demonstrates that rejection-sensitive people and their romantic partners are dissatisfied with their relationships. Rejection-sensitive men's jealousy and rejection-sensitive women's hostility and diminished supportiveness help explain their partners' dissatisfaction.}, address = {Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York 10027, USA. gdowney@paradox.psych.columbia.edu}, author = {Downey, G. and Feldman, S. I. }, citeulike-article-id = {3025011}, issn = {0022-3514}, journal = {Journal of personality and social psychology}, keywords = {love, psychology}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {1327--1343}, posted-at = {2008-07-21 17:55:10}, priority = {0}, title = {Implications of rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8667172}, volume = {70}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3025011 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3025011 TI - Implications of rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships. JF - Journal of personality and social psychology VL - 70 IS - 6 SP - 1327 EP - 1343 AD - Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York 10027, USA. gdowney@paradox.psych.columbia.edu SN - 0022-3514 N2 - 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. Study 2 provides experimental evidence that people who anxiously expect rejection readily perceive intentional rejection in the ambiguous behavior of others. Study 3 shows that people who enter romantic relationships with anxious expectations of rejection readily perceive intentional rejection in the insensitive behavior of their new partners. Study 4 demonstrates that rejection-sensitive people and their romantic partners are dissatisfied with their relationships. Rejection-sensitive men's jealousy and rejection-sensitive women's hostility and diminished supportiveness help explain their partners' dissatisfaction. KW - love KW - psychology AU - Downey, G AU - Feldman, SI PY - 1996/06// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8667172 ER -