Rejection Sensitivity and Depressive Symptoms in Women  

Oleh:

Ayduk, Ozlem ; Downey, Geraldine ; Kim, Minji

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 27 no. 7 (2001), page 868-877.
Topik: sensitivity; rejection sensitivity; depressive symptoms; women
Fulltext: 868PSPB277.pdf (89.81KB)

Isi artikel

It is proposed that interpersonal loss that communicates rejection increases the risk for depression specifically in individuals who not only expect rejection but are also concerned about preventing it. Accordingly, the role of rejection sensitivity (RS) - the disposition to anxiously expect, readily perceive, and overreact to rejection - in women’s depressive reactions to rejection by a romantic partner was examined. A 6 - month longitudinal study of college women revealed that women high in RS compared with those who are low became more depressed when they experienced a partner - initiated breakup but not when they experienced a self - initiated or mutually initiated breakup. By contrast, RS was not associated with increased depression in response to failing to achieve an academic goal. These results support the view that depression in high - RS women is a reaction to a loss in a valued goal domain, that is, failure to prevent rejection in an important relationship.

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