Social rejection sensitivity and its role in adolescent emotional disorder symptomatology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most emotional disorders first emerge during adolescence, a time characterized by heightened sensitivity to social information, especially social rejection. Social rejection sensitivity (SRS), then, may be a promising intervention target.

Methods

To explore this, 357 participants (M (SD) age = 19.40 (4.18), 63% female) completed self-report measures of SRS, its proposed antecedent, perceived parenting style, its proposed behavioral correlate, negative interpretation bias, and its proposed  clinical correlate, emotional disorder symptoms. Participants additionally completed a single session of a social interpretation bias modification task, the ambiguous social scenarios task (ASST).

Results

SRS was associated with perceived parental rejection, while control

SUBMITTER: Minihan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9843960 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature