Rejection sensitivity in early adolescence
Repeated rejection experiences may encourage a hypersensitivity to rejection stimuli and cues, defined as rejection sensitivity (RS): a dispositional pattern of responding in relationships with defensive expectations of rejection (Downey et al., 1998). Rejection sensitive youth perceive signs of re...
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University of British Columbia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54187 |