Rejection Sensitivity and Adolescent Romantic Relationships

Downey, Geraldine; Bonica, Cheryl; Rincón, Claudia

doi:10.1017/cbo9781316182185.008

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“…would need to be confirmed empirically. However, it is consistent with the rejection-sensitivity model presented earlier in which adolescents who are rejection-sensitive expect rejection from others and then actually experience rejection in their romantic experiences (Downey et al, 1999).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Furthermore, evidence suggests that women with rejection expectations act in romantic relationships in ways that elicit rejecting responses from their partners. Although this research involves adults, it has been suggested that a similar model can be applied to adolescents, particularly girls, in which expectations for rejection influence how adolescents think, feel, and behave in romantic relationships (Downey et al, 1999). This research suggests that early adolescents' expectations regarding future romantic happiness may in fact influence their behavior in future romantic relationships.…”

Section: Overview Of Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adolescent Marital Expectations and Romantic Experiences: Associations With Perceptions About Parental Conflict and Adolescent Attachment Security

Steinberg

Davila

Fincham

2006

J Youth Adolescence

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This study tested associations between adolescent perceptions of interparental conflict, adolescent attachment security with parents, and adolescent marital expectations and romantic experiences. Participants were 96 early adolescent females from 2 parent families. Insecurity was examined as a mediator of the association between negative perceptions of parental conflict and romantic outcomes.Results supported the mediation model in which adolescents' negative perceptions of parental conflict was associated with insecure attachment with parents, which was in turn associated with negative marital expectations and romantic experiences. Implications for understanding how parent-adolescent and interparental variables influence adolescent marital expectations and romantic experiences are discussed.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Overview Of Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescent Marital Expectations and Romantic Experiences: Associations With Perceptions About Parental Conflict and Adolescent Attachment Security

Steinberg

Davila

Fincham

2006

J Youth Adolescence

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“…This expands prior research that has been articulated mostly with respect to positive dimensions (e.g., support), with less discussion of how it might apply to negative dimensions (though see Downey et al, 1999). Girls reported more hurtful conflict in romance than friendship, whereas boys reported an opposite pattern.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 73%

“…Selfdisclosure and the provision of mutual support play important roles in the development of intimacy (Connolly, Furman, & Konarski, 2000;Savin-William & Berndt, 1990;Youniss & Smollar, 1985). Conflict can lead to closer ties and new understandings of others (Youniss & Smollar, 1985) or to fear of betrayal and interpersonal sensitivity (Downey, Bonica, & Rincón, 1999;Way, 1998). …”

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Friendships and Romantic Relationships of Black and White Adolescents

Pagano

Hirsch

2006

J Child Fam Stud

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Prior research on adolescent peer relationships has focused on interpersonal dimensions of friendships but not of romantic relationships, and has rarely examined minority groups. We used a random sample of 122 adolescents to examine race and gender differences in friendships, romantic relationships, and the congruence between closest friendship and romantic relationship on five interpersonal domains: mutual support, self-disclosure, hurtful conflict, fear of betrayal, and interpersonal sensitivity. Significant race by gender differences in the difference between relationship type for both positive and negative dimensions of relationships were found. White girls reported significantly higher levels of self-disclosure in their friendship ties in comparison to romantic relationship, whereas white boys reported nearly equivalent levels. In comparison to white adolescents, Black adolescent girls and boys had similar levels of self-disclosure in their romantic relationships as their same-sex friendships. With regards to negative elements of relationships, girls reported more hurtful conflict in romance than friendship, whereas boys reported an opposite pattern. Results highlight the importance of consideration of race and gender influences on youth interpersonal skills within peer and romantic relationships. KeywordsFriendship; Romance; Adolescents; Race; Gender Peer relationships play a critical role in the lives of adolescents, facilitating their exploration of social identities, individuation from the family, and tolerance of stress (Harter, 1999;Hirsch & DuBois, 1992;Youniss & Smollar, 1985). Most studies on peer ties have examined friendships (Brown, 2004); only recently have empirical investigations of precollege romantic relationships begun in earnest (Bouchey & Furman, 2003; Florsheim, 2003).Prior studies in these areas have typically examined White, suburban populations. The lack of comparative research among diverse demographic groups has several drawbacks (Giordano, 2003;McLoyd, 1990 NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript differences in friendship. Second, our understanding of minority youth is incomplete, and perhaps biased, given the focus on problematic sexual behavior and the inattention to core interpersonal relationship dimensions.Adolescents experience both closeness and conflict in close peer relationships. Selfdisclosure and the provision of mutual support play important roles in the development of intimacy (Connolly, Furman, & Konarski, 2000;Savin-William & Berndt, 1990;Youniss & Smollar, 1985). Conflict can lead to closer ties and new understandings of others (Youniss & Smollar, 1985) or to fear of betrayal and interpersonal sensitivity (Downey, Bonica, & Rincón, 1999;Way, 1998).Gender differences have been consistently found in research on friendships among White adolescents, with higher levels of intimacy in friendships between girls in comparison to boys (Brown & Klute, 2003;Giordano, 2003). Whereas the majority of girls appear to have close friends...

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“…Moreover, the cognitive and behavioral syndrome known as rejection sensitivity arises from experiences of rejection in parent-child relationships and also in relations with peers and, possibly, romantic partners. Rejection sensitivity in turn predicts expectancies of rejection that correlate strongly with both actual rejection and lesser satisfaction in subsequent relationships (Downey, Bonica, & Rincon, 1999). Similarly, individual differences in the history of attachment security in relationships with caregivers in early life and in accounts of those relationships in early adulthood are correlated with characteristics of romantic relationships in early adulthood (Collins & Van Dulmen, 2006b).…”

Section: Individual Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%