Adding insult to injury: Effects of interpersonal rejection types, rejection sensitivity, and self-regulation on obsessive relational intrusion

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 503-520

  Sinclair, H Colleen ^a   Ladny, Roshni T ^a,b   Lyndon, Amy E ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Rejection; Rejection sensitivity; Self regulation; Stalking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL; STALKING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053192304     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20412     Document Type: Article

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