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Predicting friendship quality with rejection sensitivity and attachment security

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ID2931091
AuthorsAyça Özen (Middle East Technical University, corresponding author), Nebi Sümer (0000-0002-7460-4515, Middle East Technical University), Meliksah Demir (Northern Arizona University), Melıkşah Demır (0000-0002-0034-3236, Northern Arizona University)
Year2011
Volume28
Issue2
Pages163-181
Publication date2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407510380607
OpenAlexW2155276231
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited66

We examined the interplay between friends' rejection sensitivity (RS) and attachment security in predicting friendship quality. Three competing hypotheses were tested concerning friendship quality, the unique effects of attachment anxiety, avoidance, and RS, as well as the moderating and mediating effects of RS. Results from emerging adults in Turkey ( N = 407) revealed that unlike attachment anxiety and avoidance, RS had neither a unique nor a mediated effect on friendship quality. However, RS moderated the effect of attachment avoidance on friendship quality. These findings' implications are discussed considering the role of RS in the link between attachment security and friendship quality

Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Friendship · Quality (philosophy · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year1,07
Citation span2011 - 2026 (16)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 16

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