Griffith University, QLD, Australia.
J Pers. 2013 Feb;81(1):29-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00792.x. Epub 2013 Jan 2.
Rejection sensitivity (RS) is a tendency to expect, perceive, and overreact to rejection. Our objective was to examine whether anxious and angry RS have specific associations with negative social reactions, and whether responses are intensified in situations of high rejection ambiguity.
In two studies, youth (N = 464 and N = 371) reported their RS and anticipated responses to social scenarios. In Study 1, all scenarios portrayed overt rejection events. In Study 2, participants were randomly assigned to conditions portraying overt or ambiguous rejection.
Greater rejection expectation was associated with more negative reactions to rejection. Moreover, as expected, anxiety about rejection was uniquely associated with withdrawal, and anger about rejection was uniquely associated with retribution (i.e., reactive aggression). In the second study, RS persons responded more negatively than others to both overt and high ambiguous rejections, but retribution was intensified among participants high in rejection expectation when rejection was ambiguous, and withdrawal was intensified among participants high in anxious RS in overt rejection situations.
Consistent with the revised RS model, there are different patterns of emotions, cognitions, and behaviors in response to high and low ambiguous rejection events, which are heightened in youth sensitive to rejection.
易感性（RS）是一种对拒绝的期望、感知和过度反应的倾向。我们的目的是检验焦虑和愤怒的 RS 是否与负面社会反应有特定的关联，以及在高拒绝模糊性的情况下，反应是否会加剧。
在两项研究中，年轻人（N=464 和 N=371）报告了他们对社会场景的 RS 和预期反应。在研究 1 中，所有场景都描绘了明显的拒绝事件。在研究 2 中，参与者被随机分配到描绘明显或模糊拒绝的条件中。
更大的拒绝期望与对拒绝的更负面反应有关。此外，正如预期的那样，对拒绝的焦虑与退缩有关，而对拒绝的愤怒与报复（即反应性攻击）有关。在第二项研究中，RS 个体对明显和高模糊拒绝的反应比其他人更消极，但在拒绝模糊时，对拒绝期望较高的参与者中报复行为加剧，而在明显拒绝情境中，对焦虑 RS 较高的参与者中退缩行为加剧。
与修订后的 RS 模型一致，对高和低模糊拒绝事件的反应有不同的情绪、认知和行为模式，对易受拒绝影响的年轻人来说，这些模式会加剧。
