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.
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- 1Cairnmillar Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
- 2Cairnmillar Institute, Melbourne, Australia gemma.russell@cairmillar.org.au.
- J Interpers Violence. 2016 Jan 21. pii: 0886260515622572.
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