Journal
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY
Volume 43, Issue 6, Pages 1064-1072Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.07.007
Keywords
Rejection sensitivity; Attention; Emotional Stroop; Visual Probe; Borderline personality disorder
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- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH081948, R01 MH069703, T32 MH020006, R01 MH069703-05, R01 MH081948-03] Funding Source: Medline
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Two studies tested the hypothesis that Rejection Sensitivity (RS) increases vulnerability to disruption of attention by social threat cues, as would be consistent with prior evidence that it motivates individuals to prioritize detecting and managing potential rejection at a cost to other personal and interpersonal goals. In Study 1, RS predicted disruption of ongoing goal-directed attention by social threat but not negative words in an Emotional Stroop task. In Study 2, RS predicted attentional avoidance of threatening but not pleasant faces in a Visual Probe task. Threat-avoidant attention was also associated with features of borderline personality disorder. This research extends understanding of processes by which RS contributes to a self-perpetuating cycle of interpersonal problems and distress. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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