Downey G, Feldman S I
Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York 10027, USA.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1996 Jun;70(6):1327-43. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.70.6.1327.
People who are sensitive to social rejection tend to anxiously expect, readily perceive, and overreact to it. This article shows that this cognitive-affective processing disposition undermines intimate relationships. Study 1 describes a measure that operationalizes the anxious-expectations component of rejection sensitivity. Study 2 provides experimental evidence that people who anxiously expect rejection readily perceive intentional rejection in the ambiguous behavior of others. Study 3 shows that people who enter romantic relationships with anxious expectations of rejection readily perceive intentional rejection in the insensitive behavior of their new partners. Study 4 demonstrates that rejection-sensitive people and their romantic partners are dissatisfied with their relationships. Rejection-sensitive men's jealousy and rejection-sensitive women's hostility and diminished supportiveness help explain their partners' dissatisfaction.
对社交排斥敏感的人往往会焦虑地期待、轻易察觉到并对其过度反应。本文表明，这种认知-情感加工倾向会破坏亲密关系。研究1描述了一种将排斥敏感性的焦虑预期成分进行操作化的测量方法。研究2提供了实验证据，表明那些焦虑地预期会被排斥的人很容易在他人模棱两可的行为中察觉到故意的排斥。研究3表明，带着对被排斥的焦虑预期进入浪漫关系的人很容易在新伴侣的冷漠行为中察觉到故意的排斥。研究4表明，排斥敏感的人和他们的浪漫伴侣对他们的关系不满意。排斥敏感的男性的嫉妒以及排斥敏感的女性的敌意和支持性的减少有助于解释他们伴侣的不满。
