The self-fulfilling prophecy in close relationships: rejection sensitivity and rejection by romantic partners. Export

@article{citeulike:1574397, abstract = {The authors hypothesized a self-fulfilling prophecy wherein rejection expectancies lead people to behave in ways that elicit rejection from their dating partners. The hypothesis was tested in 2 studies of conflict in couples: (a) a longitudinal field study where couples provided daily-diary reports and (b) a lab study involving behavioral observations. Results from the field study showed that high rejection-sensitive (HRS) people's relationships were more likely to break up than those of low rejection-sensitive (LRS) people. Conflict processes that contribute to relationship erosion were revealed for HRS women but not for HRS men. Following naturally occurring relationship conflicts, HRS women's partners were more rejecting than were LRS women's partners. The lab study showed that HRS women's negative behavior during conflictual discussions helped explain their partners' more rejecting postconflict responses.}, address = {Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA. gdowney@psych.columbia.edu}, author = {Downey, G. and Freitas, A. L. and Michaelis, B. and Khouri, H.}, citeulike-article-id = {1574397}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9731324}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9731324}, issn = {0022-3514}, journal = {J Pers Soc Psychol}, keywords = {close, gradstudent, psychology, rejection, relationships}, month = {August}, number = {2}, pages = {545--560}, posted-at = {2007-08-18 22:07:07}, priority = {2}, title = {The self-fulfilling prophecy in close relationships: rejection sensitivity and rejection by romantic partners.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9731324}, volume = {75}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1574397 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1574397 N2 - The authors hypothesized a self-fulfilling prophecy wherein rejection expectancies lead people to behave in ways that elicit rejection from their dating partners. The hypothesis was tested in 2 studies of conflict in couples: (a) a longitudinal field study where couples provided daily-diary reports and (b) a lab study involving behavioral observations. Results from the field study showed that high rejection-sensitive (HRS) people's relationships were more likely to break up than those of low rejection-sensitive (LRS) people. Conflict processes that contribute to relationship erosion were revealed for HRS women but not for HRS men. Following naturally occurring relationship conflicts, HRS women's partners were more rejecting than were LRS women's partners. The lab study showed that HRS women's negative behavior during conflictual discussions helped explain their partners' more rejecting postconflict responses. IS - 2 JF - J Pers Soc Psychol SN - 0022-3514 AD - Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA. gdowney@psych.columbia.edu EP - 560 TI - The self-fulfilling prophecy in close relationships: rejection sensitivity and rejection by romantic partners. VL - 75 SP - 545 KW - close KW - gradstudent KW - psychology KW - rejection KW - relationships AU - Downey, G AU - Freitas, AL AU - Michaelis, B AU - Khouri, H PY - 1998/08// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9731324 ER -