Implications of Rejection Sensitivity for Intimate Relationships

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1327-1343

  Downey, Geraldine ^a   Feldman, Scott I ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030161467     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.6.1327     Document Type: Article

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