Rejection sensitivity and the rejection-hostility link in romantic relationships

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-148

  Romero Canyas, Rainer ^a   Downey, Geraldine ^a   Berenson, Kathy ^a   Ayduk, Ozlem ^b   Kang, N Jan ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; PERCEPTION;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 76149093833     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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