Changes in rejection sensitivity across adolescence and emerging adulthood: Associations with relationship involvement, quality, and coping

Norona, Jerika C.; Tregubenko, Valerya; Boiangiu, Shira Bezalel; Levy, Gil; Scharf, Miri; Welsh, Deborah P.; Shulman, Shmuel

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.12.006

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“…The sample's age distribution raises the possibility that study results may be more applicable to adolescents as opposed to young adults, and may also have prevented us from observing the expected associations between age and our variables of interest. Indeed, in contrast with previous research suggesting that SRS is greatest in adolescence [25,[59][60][61], the current study showed no significant association between SRS and age. The majority of adolescent participants were in the older end of the adolescent age range [2], whereas SRS appears highest in early adolescence [25,56] The lack of age effect should therefore be replicated in a future study including more younger adolescents.…”

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Social rejection sensitivity and its role in adolescent emotional disorder symptomatology

Minihan

Kwok

Schweizer

2023

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Background Most emotional disorders first emerge during adolescence, a time characterized by heightened sensitivity to social information, especially social rejection. Social rejection sensitivity (SRS), then, may be a promising intervention target. Methods To explore this, 357 participants (M (SD) age = 19.40 (4.18), 63% female) completed self-report measures of SRS, its proposed antecedent, perceived parenting style, its proposed behavioral correlate, negative interpretation bias, and its proposed clinical correlate, emotional disorder symptoms. Participants additionally completed a single session of a social interpretation bias modification task, the ambiguous social scenarios task (ASST). Results SRS was associated with perceived parental rejection, while controlling for other types of maladaptive parenting. SRS partially accounted for variance in the relationship between perceived parental rejection and emotional disorder symptomatology, as well as the relationship between negative interpretation bias and emotional disorder symptoms. Learning rates (i.e., change in reaction time across the task) on the ASST differed as a function of age and SRS, such that younger participants with higher SRS showed the slowest rate of learning. Moreover, individual differences in SRS accounted for the magnitude of change in negative interpretation bias before and after the ASST. Individuals with greater SRS showed less change in interpretation bias. Conclusions SRS appears strongly associated with emotional disorder symptoms in adolescents. Importantly, SRS was associated with the malleability of negative interpretation bias, which may help account for the mixed findings on the effectiveness of interpretation-bias-modification-paradigms in adolescents.

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Social rejection sensitivity and its role in adolescent emotional disorder symptomatology

Minihan

Kwok

Schweizer

2023

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…That is, accuracy rates were very high from the start of the task therefore leaving little to no room for improvement. Finally, in contrast with previous research suggesting that SRS is greatest in adolescence (Andrews et al, 2021a;Hafen et al, 2014;Norona et al, 2018;Sebastian et al, 2011) , the current study showed no significant association between SRS and age. The lack of age effect may have been partially accounted for by the sample's age distribution, with the majority of adolescent participants falling in the older end of the adolescent age range (Sawyer et al, 2018), whereas adolescent SRS appears highest in early adolescence (Andrews et al, 2021b;Sebastian et al, 2010).…”

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Social Rejection Sensitivity and its Role in Adolescent Emotional Disorder Symptomatology

Minihan¹,

Kwok²,

Schweizer³

2021

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Many socio-emotional disorders first emerge during adolescence, a time characterized by development in social functioning. Social risk factors, such as social rejection sensitivity (SRS), then, may be promising targets for intervention. To explore this, 362 participants (M (SD) age=19.66 (4.8), 63% female) completed a novel social interpretation bias modification task, the ambiguous social scenarios task (ASST). Supporting the importance of SRS in the experience of socio-emotional disorders, SRS partially accounted for variance in the relationship between parental rejection and socio-emotional disorder symptomatology. Moreover, individual differences in SRS accounted for variance in negative interpretation bias change, from before to after the ASST. Individuals with greater SRS showed less change in interpretation bias. SRS appears strongly associated with socio-emotional disorder symptoms in young people. Importantly, SRS was associated with the malleability of negative interpretation bias, which may help account for the mixed findings on the effectiveness of interpretation-bias-modification paradigms in young people.

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“…RS is an important, yet understudied, personality disposition that might render individuals vulnerable to a range of mental health problems by biasing information processing and increasing active avoidance and fight-or-flight behavior in interactional contexts (see Gao et al, 2017). In fact, a growing body of literature indicates that RS is concurrently and prospectively associated with depression and anxiety symptoms (Ayduk et al, 2001; Chango et al, 2012; Gardner et al, 2020; Marston et al, 2010), borderline personality disorder symptoms (Ayduk, Zayas, et al, 2008), self-directed hostile cognitions and suicidal thoughts (Breines & Ayduk, 2015), systematically negative interpretation styles (Normansell & Wisco, 2017), defensive psychophysiological reactions to interpersonal rejection (Downey et al, 2004), impaired emotion regulation (Gardner et al, 2020; Silvers et al, 2012), poor relationship quality (Norona et al, 2018), and social withdrawal and avoidance (Gardner et al, 2020; Zimmer-Gembeck et al, 2016). Converging evidence further suggests that RS might be a key social-cognitive mechanism linking early exposures to adverse social events (e.g., parental abuse, peer victimization) to maladaptive attachment styles in adulthood (Downey et al, 1997; Feldman & Downey, 1994), self-regulatory deficits (Gardner et al, 2020; Silvers et al, 2012; Zimmer-Gembeck et al, 2016), and adverse mental health later in life (Gardner et al, 2020; Zimmer-Gembeck et al, 2014, 2016), lending support to the role of RS in the development and maintenance of mental health problems.…”

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Rejection sensitivity across sex, sexual orientation, and age: Measurement invariance and latent mean differences.

Maiolatesi¹,

Clark²,

Pachankis³

2022

Psychological Assessment

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Intergroup differences in personality might be determined by systematic variation in social status and social experiences across groups. Because of its close association with social experiences, rejection sensitivity (RS)-a tendency toward anxious expectations of, and hypersensitivity to, interpersonal rejectionrepresents one such personality disposition that might differ across social groups, with implications for understanding mental health disparities. After first evaluating measurement invariance of the Adult Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (A-RSQ), the present research sought to assess whether latent mean differences in RS emerged across sex, sexual orientation, and age in a population-based sample of Swedish young adults (age 18-36; N = 1,679). Analyses revealed that the scale achieved full configural, metric, and scalar invariance across sex and sexual orientation and partial scalar invariance across age. As expected, tests of latent mean differences indicated that women, sexual minorities, and people 18-29 years old exhibited significantly higher RS levels than men, heterosexuals, and people 30-36 years old, respectively. Findings from the present research highlight the utility of attending to group differences in maladaptive personality dispositions and information processing styles and their potential role in contributing to persistent mental health hardships uniquely affecting women, sexual minorities, and younger people. Implications for scale administration and future research into the social causes and consequences of RS are discussed. Public Significance StatementThe Adult Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire measures rejection sensitivity (RS), a personality type marked by highly anxious expectations about rejection, in the same way across sex and sexual orientation but slightly differently across age groups. RS is higher among women, sexual minorities, and younger people than among men, heterosexuals, and older people.

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Changes in rejection sensitivity across adolescence and emerging adulthood: Associations with relationship involvement, quality, and coping

Cited by 20 publications

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Social rejection sensitivity and its role in adolescent emotional disorder symptomatology

Social rejection sensitivity and its role in adolescent emotional disorder symptomatology

Social Rejection Sensitivity and its Role in Adolescent Emotional Disorder Symptomatology

Rejection sensitivity across sex, sexual orientation, and age: Measurement invariance and latent mean differences.

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