Rejection Sensitivity, Jealousy, and the Relationship to Interpersonal Aggression
| Autor: | Gemma Russell, Anna M. Murphy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Mediation (statistics) media_common.quotation_subject Jealousy Intimate Partner Violence Poison control 050109 social psychology Interpersonal communication 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology Young Adult Interpersonal relationship Risk Factors Injury prevention medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Young adult Applied Psychology media_common Aggression 05 social sciences Self Concept Clinical Psychology Research Design Female medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 33:2118-2129 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6518 0886-2605 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0886260515622572 |
| Popis: | The development and maintenance of interpersonal relationships lead individuals to risk rejection in the pursuit of acceptance. Some individuals are predisposed to experience a hypersensitivity to rejection that is hypothesized to be related to jealous and aggressive reactions within interpersonal relationships. The current study used convenience sampling to recruit 247 young adults to evaluate the relationship between rejection sensitivity, jealousy, and aggression. A mediation model was used to test three hypotheses: Higher scores of rejection sensitivity would be positively correlated to higher scores of aggression (Hypothesis 1); higher scores of rejection sensitivity would be positively correlated to higher scores of jealousy (Hypothesis 2); jealousy would mediate the relationship between rejection sensitivity and aggression (Hypothesis 3). Study results suggest a tendency for individuals with high rejection sensitivity to experience higher levels of jealousy, and subsequently have a greater propensity for aggression, than individuals with low rejection sensitivity. Future research that substantiates a link between hypersensitivity to rejection, jealousy, and aggression may provide an avenue for prevention, education, or intervention in reducing aggression within interpersonal relationships. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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