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Tsirgielis, Constantina. "Rejection sensitivity in early adolescence." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54187.

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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 rejection in situations others would consider neutral or ambiguous. Hypersensitivity to social rejection increases anxiety in social interactions where rejection is possible and leads to withdrawal, feelings of loneliness, social anxiety (SA), and depression. RS therefore can be considered a mechanism to explain the development of internalizing disorders such as SA. SA youth are also hypersensitive to cues of rejection, and tend to withdraw from their peer groups to avoid possible rejection, which leads to loneliness, depression, interpersonal problems, and increased SA (Sameroff & MacKenzie, 2003). Previous research reviewed the impact of RS on youth’s social and emotional wellbeing and have identified SA as a potential outcome of RS (Bowker et al., 2011, Marston et al., 2010, McDonald et al., 2010). There is limited research investigating the bidirectional relationship between RS-Anxiety and SA. Self-report data from grade 6 and 7 students (n=128) at a large, urban school district were collected. The goal of this research study was to 1) identify the relationship between RS-anxiety and SA, 2) determine if there are gender differences on the RS-Anxiety, and SA measures 3) investigate whether emotional symptoms influenced the relationship between RS-Anxiety and SA and 3) determine whether RS-Anxiety and SA predict peer problems in youth. Analyses performed include a bivariate correlational analysis, two-tailed independent samples t-test, a mediation analysis, and a hierarchical multiple regression. Results from the analyses revealed that there is a positive correlation between RS-Anxiety and SA, and emotional symptoms significantly mediated that relationship. SA also significantly predicted peer problems in RS-Anxious youth. However, no gender difference was found on the SA or RS-Anxiety measures.
Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Bernstein, Michael J. "Rejection and Pain Sensitivity: Why Rejection Sometimes Hurts and Sometimes Numbs." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1269914149.

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Bernstein, Michael Jason. "Rejection and pain sensitivity why rejection sometimes hurts and sometimes numbs /." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1269914149.

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Webb, Haley Jean. "The Role of Friends in Adolescent Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity: An Exploration of Individual Perceptions of the Friendship Context, and Interactions Within Best Friend Dyads and Friendship Groups." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367872.

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When we consider society’s fixation with physical attractiveness coupled with adolescent concerns about social acceptance, it seems inevitable that some young people develop a tendency to expect social rejection based on the way they look. This tendency has recently been referred to as appearance-based rejection sensitivity (appearance-RS; Park, 2007). Building upon the existing theory and research on rejection sensitivity and body dissatisfaction, and on two recent studies that examined the role of social relationships on appearance-RS (Bowker et al., 2012; Park, DiRaddo, & Calogero, 2009), the primary purpose of the studies reported here were to examine the specific and multiple roles of friends in appearance-RS. Following a review of the literature and the development of a modified version of the Appearance-RS Scale (Park, 2007) suitable for adolescents, the Adolescent Appearance-RS Scale (AA-RSS), two studies were conducted.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology (PhD ClinPsych)
School of Psychology
Griffith Health
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Jiang, Ruifang [Verfasser]. "Rejection Sensitivity : A Cross-cultural Perspective / Ruifang Jiang." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1121588077/34.

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LaDuke, S. L., and Stacey L. Williams. "Rejection Sensitivity and Support Seeking Among the Stigmatized." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8081.

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LaDuke, Sheri L., and Stacey L. Williams. "Rejection Sensitivity and Support Seeking Among the Stigmatized." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8088.

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Chandler, Sheri, and Stacey L. Williams. "Rejection Sensitivity and Direct and Indirect Support Seeking." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8121.

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Those high in rejection sensitivity (RS) have expectations of being rejected by others, and often construe vague interpersonal cues as rejection, and react to rejection whether it is true or perceived (Downy & Feldman, 1996). Williams and Mickelson (2008) suggest fear of rejection may guide individuals to seek support through indirect (rather than direct) behaviors, which are associated with low social support. Indeed, Brookings, Zembar and Hochstetler explored personalities of high-RS individuals and found individuals with high-RS likely avoid situations where rejection is possible and remain detached from others rather than attempting close relationships (2001). This study examines RS and the choice to disclose or not to disclose personally negative (i.e., stigmatizing) information to a potentially close individual (friend, family). While previous research has explored this relation using a crude measure of fear of rejection, we expanded that prior work by assessing RS with a well established scale. In addition, the current study explores specific characteristics of a stigmatizing identity (saliency, visibility, secrecy, and thinking about) and their relation with both RS and help seeking. Our hypotheses are that as RS increases direct help seeking will decrease and indirect help seeking will increase. In addition, we believe that the characteristics of a stigmatizing identity would be related to high levels of RS, as well as increased indirect seeking and decreased direct seeking. We collected data from 659 (69% female) students at a southeastern university through participation in an online survey. We tested our hypothesis with bivariate correlations and found that direct help seeking behaviors were negatively correlated with RS (r= -.166; p =.01) and indirect help seeking behaviors were positively correlated with RS (r=.183; p=.01). Secrecy was positively correlated with RS and indirect help seeking (r=.190 and r=.199 respectively; p =.01) and negatively correlated with direct help seeking (r= -.191; p =.01).
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Godlee-Campbell, Georgia. "Online Dating Profiles of Rejection Sensitive and Introverted Individuals: Comparison Based on Rejection Explicitness." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1277.

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Prior research has found a connection between dispositional factors such as rejection sensitivity and introversion and online dating behaviors including likelihood of use (Blackhart et al., 2014) and experience of use (Finkel et al., 2012; Whitty, 2008). The present study expands upon prior research to examine the relationship between these dispositional factors, and the impact of the possibility of explicit rejection on self-disclosure in participant-created dating app profiles. Adults between the ages of 18 and 60 will be introduced to an online dating app manipulated to contain either high or low potential for obvious rejection. Participants will then be asked to create a personal online profile. Participant perceptions of their own self-disclosure in the self-created profile as well as their disposition (introversion and rejection sensitivity) will be measured. It is hypothesized that rejection sensitive individuals as well as those rating lower in extraversion will report higher levels of self-disclosure in a non-explicit rejection dating app setting in comparison to an explicit rejection setting. The present research has implications for the field’s understanding of the experience of online dating app use for individuals as related to varying dispositional factors.
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Rosenbach, Charlotte [Verfasser]. "Rejection Sensitivity - etiological aspects and psychopathological impact / Charlotte Rosenbach." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1051812224/34.

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Sperry, Deborah M. "Rejection sensitivity and hostile attribution bias in maltreated children /." Available to subscribers only, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1594488841&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2008.
"Department of Psychology." Keywords: Social information processing, Child maltreatment, Rejection sensitivity, Hostile attribution bias. Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-138). Also available online.
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Musgrove, Emily L. "Investigating rejection sensitivity: an exploration of intrapersonal and interpersonal factors." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2010. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/8aa78c93fa68f69a649596aba247762261c61263082d7ef013d98ac42bec2907/14990836/65021_downloaded_stream_246.pdf.

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Rejection sensitivity is defined as the tendency to 'anxiously expect, readily perceive, and overreact to rejection' (Downey, Feldman, Khuri, & Friedman, 1994, p. 496). It has been conceptualised as a cognitive-affective processing disposition that undermines adaptive functioning. The overall aim of the current research was to explore the rejection sensitivity dynamic and investigate its association with maladaptive intrapersonal and interpersonal outcomes. To address this aim, four studies, each of which used a cross-sectional design, were undertaken. Study one explored the relationship between rejection sensitivity and depressive symptoms, and specifically sought to examine the role of social anxiety and loneliness within this relationship. One hundred and ninety five participants completed questionnaires assessing rejection sensitivity, depression, loneliness, and social anxiety. Consistent with predictions, the results indicated that rejection sensitivity was related to depressive symptoms. The experience of loneliness and social anxiety was found to further explicate this relationship. The second study investigated how rejection sensitive individuals think about and relate to others. Two hundred and five participants were required to complete questionnaires assessing rejection sensitivity, adult attachment styles, and the personality dispositions of sociotropy and autonomy. It was found that rejection sensitivity was most closely associated with an anxious attachment style and intimacy seeking coping strategies within close relationships.
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Zangl, Jennifer. "Rejection Sensitivity as Mediator Between Stigma and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2013. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/244.

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HIV/AIDS is a highly stigmatizing condition that dramatically influences the social relations of those infected with the disease (Herek & Glunt, 1988; Kalichman, 2000). Stigmatized individuals experience interpersonal rejection because of their stigma and this rejection can heighten dispositional sensitivity to rejection (Downey & Feldman, 1996). Increased sensitivity to interpersonal rejection has been shown to decrease relationship satisfaction and lead to relationship dissolution (Downey, Freitas, Michaelis, & Khouri, 1998). Few studies have examined the influence of stigmatization on romantic relationships and little is known about the romantic relationships of people living with HIV/AIDS. The current study examined the role of rejection sensitivity as a mediator in the association between HIV/AIDS stigma and romantic relationship satisfaction. A diverse sample of HIV-positive participants was recruited from Vermont and neighboring states. Participants completed measures of perceived stigma, rejection sensitivity and satisfaction with their current romantic relationship. Disclosure concerns and enacted, or personalized, stigma predicted decreased relationship satisfaction. Rejection sensitivity did not mediate the relationship between stigma and relationship satisfaction. Results suggest that both rejection sensitivity and perceived stigma independently influence relationship satisfaction. The implications of the influence of stigma on romantic relationships are discussed.
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Beeson, Christina Marie Linda. "Using Developmental Cascade Models to Explain Directionality Between Rejection Sensitivity and Maladaptive Traits Across Adolescence." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/40478.

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The fundamental need to belong is considered one of the most basic human requirements, and universally motivates human behaviour. When this need to belong is not met, it increases the risk of mental health problems like depression, which was of interest in this dissertation. Due to the psychological consequences of not being accepted by others, humans are very attuned to perceived threats to belonging and have developed types of defense mechanisms to protect themselves against social exclusion. One such defense mechanism is rejection sensitivity, and the role of rejection sensitivity as it relates to depression was the underlying theme of this dissertation. Along with rejection sensitivity, there exist external and internal factors that serve as threats to belonging, and which are associated with depression. Two of these factors, rejection (an interpersonal factor) and perfectionism (an intrapersonal factor) were examined in relation to depression. Study 1 focused on peer rejection and the developmental pathways involved in its relation to rejection sensitivity, depression, and aggression in adolescence. Results showed that rejection and rejection sensitivity were preceded by either depression or aggression across adolescence, and although depression initiated the cascade leading to rejection sensitivity, there was a bidirectional relation across late adolescence as rejection sensitivity also predicted future depression. Study 2 focused on two types of perfectionism (i.e., self-oriented and socially prescribed), including the developmental pathways associated with their relation to rejection sensitivity and depression in adolescence. Socially prescribed perfectionism was directly related to future depression and rejection sensitivity mediated the relation between self-oriented perfectionism and depression. Depression initiated the cascade leading to rejection sensitivity and supported a bidirectional relation across late adolescence. Study 3 also focused on perfectionism, but cross-sectionally in young adults, and examined three types of perfectionism (i.e., self-oriented, socially prescribed, and other-oriented). Rejection sensitivity and socially prescribed perfectionism were positively related to depression, and other-oriented perfectionism was negatively related to depression; however, self-oriented perfectionism did not contribute significantly to depression. Contrary to what was predicted, rejection sensitivity was not a significant moderator in the relation between perfectionism and depression. Overall, rejection sensitivity, a defense mechanism against threats to the need to belong, played a significant role in the development and maintenance of depression in the absence of actual rejection, as well as in conjunction with specific types of perfectionism.
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Wilson, Elizabeth, and Ginette Blackhart. "Does Engagement in Online Dating Lead to Greater Dating Success for Rejection Sensitive Individuals?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2019/schedule/86.

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Individuals high in rejection sensitivity have a lower rates of dating success and a lower probability of being in a romantic relationship, but could engaging in online dating improve the likelihood? The goal of this research is to determine whether individuals higher in rejection sensitivity indicate having more success in meeting potential romantic partners online when compared to meeting potential partners conventionally. It is hypothesized that individuals higher in rejection sensitivity will be more successful on first dates when initiated though online dating sites / apps rather than through more conventional ways of meeting potential romantic partners. An online survey was created asking participants to complete the Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire to evaluate the level of anxiety experienced when faced with potential rejection, the Online Dating Inventory to assess engagement in online dating, and the Conventional Offline Dating Inventory, a measure created by the researchers to assess behaviors that allow the participants to meet possible romantic partners in every day life through non-internet activities. Success is operationally defined according to the goals participants had going into the date and whether or not that goal was achieved. Data collection is still ongoing; however, we expect to see significantly more success for participants higher in rejection sensitivity when initiating through online dating websites. To ensure external validity, data are being collected from two different articipation pools. Currently the survey is being administered through Sona to reach college students and these are the data that will be presented. The survey will also be uploaded to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to reach older adults. If our hypothesis is correct, this would indicate that online dating may benefit those individuals who are high in rejection sensitivity as it could give them an alternative avenue to initiating romantic relationships and possibly finding success in those relationships.
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Shade, Courtney K. "The Effect of Rejection Sensitivity on Perceptions of Inclusion in Cyberball." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1284138504.

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Hallam, Jennifer Laura. "Appearance-based Rejection Sensitivity : an important new variable for health psychology?" Thesis, University of Leeds, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9043/.

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Appearance-based Rejection Sensitivity (ARS) is a unique personality processing system that has been shown to involve a dynamic interaction between affect and cognition. Despite being in its infancy, several links have been established between ARS, symptoms of disordered eating and social withdrawal. Currently the main body of ARS literature pertains to body image research, particularly in the effect it can have on romantic relationships, and no research has been conducted to establish how it affects general health. The potential of ARS to add to a wider body of research domains was established during an initial literature review and the principal aim of the current thesis was to explore the nature of ARS within health behaviour and stress research. Cross sectional surveys were utilised to measure the effects of ARS on self-reported health behaviour intention, self-reported behaviour and its predictive validity over and above chronic and acute stress and mainstream personality constructs. ARS was shown to have predictive validity, over and above age, gender, mainstream personality constructs, chronic and acute stress for self-reported behaviour and behavioural intention for a series of prominent health behaviours such as exercise and diet. ARS was found to be negatively associated with exercise, diet and sun protection behaviour and behavioural intention and positively associated with sunbed use and alcohol and nicotine consumption. Such that, individuals high in ARS consumed more saturated fat, exercised less, consumed fewer fruits and vegetables than their low ARS counterparts and also used a sunbed more and consumed more alcohol and nicotine. ARS was also shown to moderate the relationship between stress and fat consumption, exercise and artificial tanning behaviour, such that at high levels of stress high ARS individuals consumed more fat, exercised less and used a sunbed more than low ARS individuals. A daily diary and multi-level modelling was employed to measure the effects of daily stress on health behaviour outcomes, daily mood, social withdrawal and perseverative cognition, and whether ARS moderated these effects. High levels of ARS were associated with higher levels of daily stress, particularly appearance and interpersonal related stress. On days of high stress, ARS moderated the relationship between hassles and behavioural outcomes for snacking, exercise, mood, perseverative cognition and social withdrawal. Such that, on days of stress high ARS individuals withdrew from social situations, worried about past and future appearance concerns, snacked on high fat foods, exercised less and engaged in artificial tanning behaviours more than their low ARS counterparts. This thesis explored the relationship between ARS and health behaviours, personality, stress and health behaviour outcomes and highlights multiple pathways between these variables. The results and the relationships between the variables were replicated within all three studies whilst employing a range of measures and research methodologies. The research within the thesis is the first to explore ARS outside the realm of body image research and to highlight its importance in stress and health behaviour research. This highlights the novelty of the research within the thesis and the implications it has, not only for body image research, but also to stress and health behaviour research and has made significant contributions to the respective research fields.
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Gardner, Alex Andre. "Rejection Sensitivity and Internalising Symptoms in Youth: A Focus on Parenting and Self-Regulation." Thesis, Griffith University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/390065.

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There is abundant evidence supporting the importance of accepting and autonomy-supportive parenting rather than rejecting and autonomy-restrictive or controlling parenting for development. This is especially relevant for adolescent and young adult (youth) adaptive development, including the development of relational schemas, coping skills and emotional health. Moreover, the impact of the quality of parent-child (and other) relationships on youth’s emotional health has been described as mediated via relational schemas, with schemas defined as beliefs, biases, and expectations that arise out of social experiences. For example, rejection sensitivity (RS) theory (Downey & Feldman, 1996) is one influential perspective that explicitly identifies how social experiences of rejection, victimisation, or isolation gives rise to a cognitive-affective bias of anxious expectation, biased perceptions, and defensive overreactions to ambiguous or overt cues of rejection. These cognitive affective biases in turn, are implicated in the development and maintenance of negative outcomes, such as internalising symptoms. However, components of this model, when applied to older adolescents and young adults, have rarely examined the mechanisms that help account for the associations of parental experiences, RS, and internalising symptoms. To this end, the aim of the four empirical studies conducted for this thesis was to apply the RS framework to test a model that specifically accounts for how interpersonal experiences (in the form of parenting behaviours), biased perceptions and beliefs regarding interpersonal exchanges (i.e., RS), and intrapersonal vulnerabilities (i.e., maladaptive socio-emotional responses) all play roles in elevated internalising symptoms for older adolescents and young adults. A parallel aim was to identify protective factors (i.e., cognitive reappraisal and coping flexibility) that may modify the risk of these interpersonal and intrapersonal factors for older adolescents and young adults. To achieve these aims, the four studies utilized either cross-sectional or two waves of longitudinal data collected from older adolescents and young adults over a 1-year period. Study 1 tested a comprehensive RS-model among a sample of 628 older adolescents and young adults. Structural equation models (SEMs) were used to identify serial-mediation pathways of risk stemming from parenting practices and RS onto higher depressive and anxious symptoms. Study 2 examined the temporal risk that RS plays for increased internalising symptoms over a one-year time span via heightened emotional dysregulation, expressive suppression, and social avoidance among 402 longitudinal participants from Study 1. Further, in Study 2, bi-directional relations between socio-emotional responses and internalising symptoms were tested, with results supporting bi-directional associations over time. Study 3 drew upon the cross-sectional sample from Study 1 (N = 643) to examine the moderating effects of three related, but distinct, components of the self-perceived capacity for flexibly coping with stress (i.e., multiple coping strategy use, situational coping, and coping rigidity). More specifically, these three capacities were examined as potential moderators of the relations between several regulatory strategies (emotion dysregulation, suppression, social avoidance, and cognitive reappraisal) and internalising symptoms. Finally, making use of the longitudinal sample, Study 4 (N = 394) examined the moderating effects of cognitive reappraisal and coping flexibility (i.e., multiple coping strategy use) on the concurrent and temporal associations of parenting, RS, and internalising symptoms over a 1-year period. Altogether, three general conclusions from these studies are described. First, though parenting practices are correlates of youths’ internalising symptoms, it is RS that is the most salient risk of symptoms over time. Second, emotional dysregulation, suppression, and social avoidance are key mechanisms that independently confer risk for more elevated symptoms and partially account for the increased risk of elevated perceptions of RS and greater symptoms over time. Additionally, cognitive reppraisal played a unique and buffering role in cross-sectional associations. Third, coping flexibility appears to be an important resource for youth, but further research is needed to examine the interplay of flexible coping capacities with parenting, ER, ways of coping, and internalising symptoms among youth. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed, along with recommendations for future research. Taken together, the current research identifies multiple interpersonal and intrapersonal risk and protective factors that are relevant for understanding increases in internalising symptomology during late adolescence and young adulthood. Furthermore, these factors, in particular, could be targeted as avenues for intervention to help youth cope with interpersonal stressors of rejecting and autonomy-restrictive parenting and RS.
Thesis (Professional Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology (PhD ClinPsych)
School of Applied Psychology
Griffith Health
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Yonce, Clayton. "REJECTION IN THE JOB SELECTION PROCESS: THE EFFECTS OF INFORMATION & SENSITIVITY." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4319.

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Most people will experience rejection in the job selection process. Rejection from job opportunities is often issued via a letter from a hiring manager. These letters elicit reactions from applicants who may, in turn, have less favorable self perceptions and less favorable perceptions of the organization from which the applicant was rejected. Numerous research articles have been published that deal with delivering notification of selection and/or rejection to applicants in the job selection process. However, relatively few use a realistic laboratory design to obtain results. This study examined the effects of sensitivity and information in notifications of rejection when applicants are rejected in the job selection process. A more realistic laboratory design was used to increase the psychological fidelity of the job selection situation. One hundred forty undergraduate students participated in this study. Participants were told to imagine that they were graduate school applicants. Then, the participants completed a fake graduate school admissions test and received notification of rejection from a fake graduate school. Participants were assigned to conditions (letters varying in sensitivity and information type) randomly and the participants completed a post-notification of rejection survey that captured their self and organizational perceptions. Additionally, moderating variables were explored.
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Department of Psychology
Arts and Sciences
Psychology
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Ralph, Neil Anthony. "The effects of paranoid and or persecutory delusions on feelings of social inclusion and exclusion." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4516.

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Background: Current psychological theories of persecutory delusions appear limited in being able to explain their interpersonal nature. Unanswered questions include why the content of delusions mostly involves persecution by other people. Research into rejection including rejection sensitivity may provide a rational for delusion personalisation and also may indicate how rejection may be implicated in the maintenance of delusions. The aim of this study was to investigate responses to rejection for individuals with a psychosis that includes persecutory delusions compared with controls. Methodology: Participants (22 with psychosis with persecutory delusions, 18 with an anxiety disorder and 19 healthy individuals) played a computerised game of catch (Cyberball). Half of each group was either included or excluded, inducing a mood change in those rejected. Questionnaires were completed to measure mood change, indicating rejection sensitivity. A second task was completed enabling participants to react either antisocially or neutrally towards the game characters. Measures of psychological and demographic variables were also collected. Results: There was a large effect between the excluded and included participants. There was a null finding for the hypothesis that the psychotic group would have higher levels of rejection sensitivity than the anxious and healthy groups. There was also a null finding for the hypothesis that the psychosis group will be more likely to respond antisocially after rejection and make more negative attributions about the game character’s personalities. However, there was a trend for a the psychotic group to be more antisocial after inclusion. Conclusions: The results obtained in the study were contrary to those expected. Rejection appears to be a similarly negative experience for all participants, but differences may be observed behavioural responses with those with psychosis appearing ambivalent to inclusion or exclusion.
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Voth, Jenny [Verfasser], and Gabriele [Akademischer Betreuer] Oettingen. "Self-Regulation of Rejection Sensitivity by Mental Contrasting / Jenny Voth ; Betreuer: Gabriele Oettingen." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1117798062/34.

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Chow, Sau-king Debbie. "Rejection sensitivity and psychological health of Hong Kong elderly: does discriminative facility help?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29740307.

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Voth, Jenny Verfasser], and Gabriele [Akademischer Betreuer] [Oettingen. "Self-Regulation of Rejection Sensitivity by Mental Contrasting / Jenny Voth ; Betreuer: Gabriele Oettingen." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-81383.

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Chriki, Lyvia S. "The Interaction of Rejection Sensitivity and Effortful Control in the Prediction of Interpersonal Dysfunction." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1329508942.

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葉煒堅 and Wai-kin Yip. "When personal preferences collide with social norms: the role of norm-based rejection sensitivity inaccentuating the impact of social influence." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43756864.

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Yip, Wai-kin. "When personal preferences collide with social norms the role of norm-based rejection sensitivity in accentuating the impact of social influence /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2010. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43756864.

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Robertson, L. "Callous-unemotional traits and rejection-sensitivity in relation to subtypes of aggression in adolescent offenders." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625407.

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Volume One of this D.Clin.Psy thesis is a research project investigating rejection-sensitivity and callous-unemotional traits in relation to subtypes of aggression and offending in adolescent offenders. The study was designed to advance the current findings in the area. The volume is divided into three parts. Part One is a literature review examining whether it is possible to apply the construct of psychopathy to youth. Part Two is an empirical paper which outlines the literature relating to aggression and offending in young people, including an exploration of factors thought to underlie these behaviours, including rejection-sensitivity and callous-unemotional traits. The study explored the hypotheses that rejection-sensitivity and callous-unemotional traits would differentially predict subtypes of aggression and offending behaviour. The results are discussed in relation to previous findings. The paper closes with a discussion of the study in terms of limitations, the clinical implications and directions for future research. Part three is a critical appraisal of the research process. It outlines how the area of study came to be selected and includes reflections on the wider research process. The clinical implications arising from the study are discussed in more detail. Some consideration is given throughout to the narratives that society holds about young people who offend and how these narratives might influence our ideas about how best to intervene.
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Bean, Ron C. "Romantic Relationship Quality and Technological Communication: Examining the Roles of Attachment Representations and Rejection Sensitivity." DigitalCommons@USU, 2015. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4607.

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Understanding normative developmental patterns in romantic relationships within cultural-historical contexts is a vital research agenda, and contemporary relationships develop amid pervasive socio-technological advancements. The role of technology in relationship functioning is relevant as romantic relationships are among the most important types of relationships and technology may substitute proximity, a core imperative of the attachment system. This study described patterns of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in young adult romantic relationships. Specifically, we hypothesized that core relational and personality constructs were linked to participants’ interpretations and reactions to CMC. Participants were 97 college students who provided global scores for rejection sensitivity, attachment representations, relationship satisfaction, and data about CMC with their romantic partner. Participants were prompted twice daily for two weeks to respond to questions assessing the nature and reaction to their most recent CMC with their romantic partner. Participants used texting more than any other CMC and communicated with romantic partners more than all others combined. Participants’ high relationship and communication satisfaction remained relatively constant. The 97 participants completed 1,616 mobile responses. Reported response latency was higher for men than women. Significant negative correlations emerged between interaction ratings, rejection sensitivity, and both insecure attachment dimensions. Regression analyses revealed only main effects for response latency and insecure attachment in predicting interaction ratings for women. No significant interactions emerged between response latency and attachment/response latency. For men, insecure attachment representations and rejection sensitivity demonstrated direct effects on interaction ratings. Avoidant attachment and response latency demonstrated a statistically significant interaction. Response latency and the interaction rating were negatively related only for men who scored low in avoidance. This study contributes to the body of literature assessing outcomes and qualities of romantic relationships in emerging adulthood. Technological communication is a key feature of young couples’ communication and appears more prevalent in romantic relationships than other relationships. Additionally, core relational and personality characteristics are substantially correlated to interpretations of momentto- moment interactions via technology.
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Yip, Wai-kin, and 葉煒堅. "From vulnerability to resilience : multiple routes to social and self-acceptance as buffers of norm-based rejection sensitivity." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206697.

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People with high norm-based rejection sensitivity have heightened anticipatory anxiety and expectation of rejection if they do not follow norms. Under threats of rejection (e.g., when personal preferences collide with group norms), they are more intended to conform to group norms to avoid social rejection (Poon et al., 2010). Thus, they are more susceptible to peer pressure for risk-taking behaviors and have less autonomy to make decision. Research also indicates that they derive their self-worth from external sources such as success in academic and work settings (Yip et al., 2009). Thus, they experience elevated anxiety for uncertain outcome and decreased self-esteem following failure. The purpose of the present research is to examine strategies that can alleviate the negative impacts of norm-based rejection sensitivity. Using a priming procedure, Study 1 experimentally examined the effects of promoting multiple routes to social acceptance. Participants of experimental group read stories of public figures who gained social acceptance through multiple routes such as ego strength and morals. Those stories reminded them that even if they did not follow group norms, they could still gain social acceptance through different virtues. After that, they indicated their reactions in some hypothetical scenarios involving threats of rejection and failure. As expected, those who read stories of public figures (vs. tourist spots) were less intended to conform under group pressure, more autonomous in deciding whether or not to conform, less anxious about the repercussions of non-conformity, and more inclined to expect social acceptance despite non-conformity. Since participants who read stories of public figures may still base their self-worth on social acceptance, Study 2 aimed to remind them that others’ approval was not required for one’s self-acceptance. Using the same priming procedure as Study 1, participants of experimental group read life stories of ordinary people whose self-worth was not contingent on others’ approval. Those stories could remind them that others’ approval was not required for one’s self-acceptance. Results showed that participants of experimental group were less intended to conform, more autonomous, and less anxious about the repercussions of non-conformity. Furthermore, they reported less decline in self-esteem following social rejection. In Study 2, those who learnt not to base their self-worth on others’ approval might be still susceptible to greater negative affect following failure in academic and work settings. Therefore, Study 3 went one step further to promote unconditional self-acceptance. Using the same experimental paradigm, participants of experimental group read a passage highlighting the idea that everyone is intrinsically valuable regardless of whether one is self-efficacious and popular. As expected, in additional to the aforementioned psychological benefits, participants being primed with unconditional self-acceptance were less anxious about failure, less likely to blame themselves for failure, and less likely to experience loss of self-worth following failure. The three experiments shed lights on the psychological mechanisms through which multiple routes to social acceptance and self-acceptance temporarily alleviate the negative impacts of norm-based rejection sensitivity. Further studies can examine whether continuous acceptance-based and mindfulness-based interventions have long-term benefits for people with high norm-based rejection sensitivity.
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Toosi, Mandana. "Self-Evaluative Salience and Motivational Salience as Predictors of Depressive Affect and Appearance Based Rejection Sensitivity." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2386.

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Although the psychological effects of appearance schemas have been studied in the general population, we know little about the relation of these schemas to appearance-based rejection sensitivity. This study examined the relations among predictive variables of appearance-invested self-schemas (self-evaluative salience [SES] and motivational salience [MS]), appearance-based rejection sensitivity, and depressive affect. Self-discrepancy theory was used to theorize that when individuals experience discrepancies with self, conflict arises in self-schemas, and that this conflict relates to an increase in depressive affect and appearance-based rejection sensitivity. The sample consisted of 131 adult female college students participating in a continuing education program. Multiple regression was used to evaluate the relation between appearance-invested self-schema and depressive affect. A second multiple regression equation was conducted to evaluate the relation between appearance-invested self-schema and appearance-based rejection sensitivity. Participants with higher SES scores had significantly higher depressive affect scores and appearance-based rejection sensitivity scores. Participants with higher MS scores had significantly lower depressive affect and appearance-based rejection sensitivity scores. High SES significantly predicted more depression and sensitivity to rejection based on appearance, and high MS appeared to be a protective factor against depression and appearance based rejection. The results of the study promote positive social change by helping professionals improve treatments for individuals suffering from negative appearance-invested self-schemas, rejection sensitivity, and depression.
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Hernandez, Daisy, Margaret A. Hance, and Ginette Blackhart. "Let's get Personal: The Relationship between Rejection Sensitivity, True Self, and Self-Disclosure in Online Environments." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2019/schedule/214.

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Prior research suggests that rejection sensitive individuals may find it easier to express their true selves in an online environment. The purpose of the present study was to further examine the influence of true self, which is who a person believes he or she truly is, on the relationship between rejection sensitivity and online dating site usage. Additionally, the present study investigated the role of self-disclosure in online dating site usage. Five-hundred sixty one participants completed an online survey. Consistent with prior research, results indicated that rejection sensitivity and true self predicted online dating site usage. Further, true self partially mediated the relationship between rejection sensitivity and online dating site usage. Self-disclosure in online environments, however, did not influence the relationship between rejection sensitivity and online dating site use. In addition, for those who engaged in online dating, rejection sensitivity was not related to self-disclosure in online dating profiles or in communicating with individuals met through online dating sites. True self, though, was related to both self-disclosure in online dating profiles and in communication with those met through online dating sites. These findings suggest that rejection sensitive individuals are more likely to engage in online dating because it may facilitate representation of their “true” selves. Furthermore, rejection sensitivity may not facilitate individuals’ self-disclosure in online environments, whereas the desire to share one’s “true” self may facilitate self-disclosure in online environments.
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Stadnik, Ryan D. "The Relationship Between Childhood Invalidation and Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms Through Rejection Sensitivity and Experiential Avoidance." Xavier University Psychology / OhioLINK, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy1631545806639478.

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Volz, Angela Renee. "Investigating the Relational Dynamics Associated with Adolescent Dating Violence: The Roles of Rejection Sensitivity and Relational Insecurity." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1196459620.

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Ray, Andra Raisa. "Mediating and Moderating Factors in the Pathway from Child Maltreatment to Interpersonal Conflict Management in Young Adulthood." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1525372723507488.

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Shields, Morgan Christina. "Physical Activity Predicts Emotion-Context-Sensitivity." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1399133615.

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Lazarus, Sophie Anna. "The Impact of Rejection Sensitivity and Interpersonal Aggression on Social Network Characteristics in Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder Features." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1320782389.

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Reilly, N. L. "Empathy and rejection sensitivity in relation to reactive, proactive and relational aggression in 10- to 12-year-old children." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2007. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1445026/.

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The hypothesis that empathy inhibits aggression and therefore that a deficit in empathy may underlie aggressive behaviour (Feshbach, 1978) was investigated in this review. Twenty empirical papers examining the association between empathy and aggression in children and adolescents were reviewed. The studies revealed inconsistent results, particularly in relation to children. Amongst the studies of adolescent samples, there tended to emerge a significant negative association between empathy and aggression. More recent studies, and studies employing measures of situational empathy, yielded the most consistent evidence for a negative association between empathy and aggression. Gender differences were rarely reported, but one recent study offered some tentative support for the notion of a differential association between empathy and certain forms of aggression in girls compared with boys. Clinical implications and directions for future research are discussed in light of the results of this review.
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Fadda, Roberta. "How access to language affects contamination sensitivity : a study of food rejection behaviour in children with autism spectrum disorders." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2012. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3328/.

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Krueger, Eric A. "Rejection sensitivity in dysphoric college students accountng [sic] for daily changes in dysphoric and anxious symptoms, hostility, and reasurrance [sic] seeking /." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1654497821&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Lawrence, David Evan. "Does Loneliness Change Social Judgments in Ambiguous Situations?:The Effects of Ostracism on Lonely Individuals." Marietta College / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1516195661191761.

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Basting, Evan J. "The intergenerational transmission of violence, rejection sensitivity, and the impact of self-regulation: A mechanism study of adolescent dating abuse." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1624025084709157.

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Teal, Keaton A. "Playing Fortnite for a Fortnight? Partner Perceptions of Video Game Use and Its Association with Relationship Satisfaction and Attachment." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1564492399587435.

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Wagoner, Scott T. "Effects of One's Level of Anxious Attachment and its Correlates on Satisfaction with Self-Sacrifice and Relationship Satisfaction." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1406220775.

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Pearson, Katherine Ann. "The interpersonal context of rumination : an investigation of interpersonal antecedents and consequences of the ruminative response style." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/113445.

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The thesis aim was to increase understanding of interpersonal antecedents and consequences of rumination, defined as ‘repetitive and passive thinking about one’s symptoms of depression and the possible causes and consequences of those symptoms’ (Nolen-Hoeksema, 2004, p.107). As a proof-of-principle study, rumination predicted diminished relationship satisfaction, three months later, in a sample of remitted depressed adults (N = 57). In the next study, rumination was associated with a maladaptive submissive interpersonal style and rejection sensitivity, controlling for depressive symptoms, other interpersonal styles and gender, in a different sample (N = 103 currently depressed, previously depressed and never depressed adults). Subsequent chapters incorporated a second assessment point of data from this same sample. Longitudinal analyses were undertaken to investigate; a) do rumination and depressogenic interpersonal factors predict future depression?; b) does rumination prospectively predict increased rejection sensitivity and submissive interpersonal behaviours, and, vice-versa, do these interpersonal factors predict increased rumination?; c) does rumination prospectively predict poor social adjustment and interpersonal stress? Consistent with previous findings, Time 1 rumination predicted increased depression six months later. Unexpectedly, the effect of rumination on future depression was mediated by its relationship with the submissive interpersonal style. Partially consistent with the stated predictions, Time 1 rejection sensitivity (but not the submissive interpersonal style) prospectively predicted increased rumination, but rumination did not predict rejection sensitivity or the submissive interpersonal style. As predicted, rumination prospectively predicted increased chronic interpersonal stress and poor social adjustment (but not acute interpersonal stress). In a final study, rumination was manipulated via an applied intervention (concreteness training, CT), within the context of a randomized controlled trial (N = 79 clinically depressed adults). Analyses compared the change in social adjustment and submissive interpersonal behaviour reported in the CT condition compared to a treatment as usual (TAU) condition. There was a significantly greater reduction in rumination in the CT compared to TAU condition, p < .05. Moreover, the reduction in submissive interpersonal behaviours was significantly greater in the CT compared to TAU condition, p < .05. The change in social adjustment was not greater in the CT compared to TAU condition. Thus, a psychological intervention which reduces rumination decreased maladaptive submissive interpersonal behaviour. The implications of the findings are discussed in relation to theory of rumination and interpersonal theories of depression.
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黒川, 雅幸, Masayuki KUROKAWA, 浩路 三島, Kouji MISHIMA, 俊和 吉田, and Toshikazu YOSHIDA. "仲間集団から内在化される集団境界の評定." 名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/9455.

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Gutierrez, Lorinda A. "The Development of READY-A (Ready for Adolescents): An Adolescent Premarital Education Inventory." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2007. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1962.pdf.

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Ragan, Jennifer Dawn Holahan Charles J. Telch Michael Joseph. "Excessive reassurance-seeking, interpersonal rejection, rejection sensitivity and depressive symptoms an intervention focusing on mediating mechanisms /." 2005. http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/2054/ragand65417.pdf.

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Ragan, Jennifer Dawn. "Excessive reassurance-seeking, interpersonal rejection, rejection sensitivity and depressive symptoms: an intervention focusing on mediating mechanisms." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/2054.

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Logue, Michael. "Aggressive response to peer rejection and acceptance as a function of rejection sensitivity and attachment style /." 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR29579.

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Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2006. Graduate Programme in Psychology.
Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-62). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR29579
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Bonica, Cheryl. "Rejection sensitivity, loneliness, social anxiety, and social withdrawal in children." 1999. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2337.

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