Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Regulating the Interpersonal Self: Strategic Self-regulation for Coping with Rejection Sensitivity Theoretical Framework: the Cognitive-affective Processing System
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Regulating the Interpersonal Self: Strategic Self-regulation for Coping with Rejection Sensitivity Theoretical Framework: the Cognitive-affective Processing System
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O. Ayduk;Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton;W. Mischel;G. Downey;P. K. Peake;Monica L. Rodriguez;Geral
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O. Ayduk;Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton;W. Mischel;G. Downey;P. K. Peake;Monica L. Rodriguez;Geral
People high in rejection sensitivity (RS) anxiously expect rejection and are at risk for interpersonal and personal distress. Two studies examined the role of self-regulation through strategic attention deployment in moderating the link between RS and maladaptive outcomes. Self-regulation was assessed by the delay of gratification (DG) paradigm in childhood. In Study 1, preschoolers from the Stanford University community who participated in the DG paradigm were assessed 20 years later. Study 2 assessed low-income, minority middle school children on comparable measures. DG ability buffered high-RS people from interpersonal difficulties (aggression, peer rejection) and diminished well-being (e.g., low self-worth, higher drug use). The protective effect of DG ability on high-RS children's self-worth is explained by reduced interpersonal problems. Attentional mechanisms underlying the interaction between RS and strategic self-regulation are discussed. People's fears and doubts about whether others will meet their needs for acceptance and belonging can cause them to behave in ways that erode their relationships and their sense of well-being 1980). Compared with those who expect acceptance from significant others, people who expect rejection act in more hostile, aggressive ways in relationships (e. Despite the apparent link between anxious rejection expectations and maladaptive outcomes, however, there is reason to be-776 lieve that not everybody who fears and expects .rejection experiences personal and interpersonal difficulties to the same extent A theoretically relevant factor related to better functioning in vulnerable individuals may be how well they can regulate themselves under More specifically, the effective regulation of negative arousal not only may enable the inhibition of undesired, impulsive behaviors that are potentiated by stress but also may facilitate execution of problem-solving strategies (Ar-riaga & Rusbult, 1998; Ayduk & Mischel, in press). In the present studies, we specifically explored the role of self-regulation through strategic attention deployment (assessed in the classic self-imposed childhood delay of gratification [DG] paradigm) and expected that it would protect individuals with anxious rejection expectations against the negative interpersonal and personal consequences associated with such expectations. The predicted interaction between rejection expectations and strategic attention deployment in particular, and between vulner-abilities and protective factors in general, was conceptualized from a Cognitive-Affective Processing System (CAPS) framework In the CAPS model, behavior is mediated by a set of cognitive-affective units (CAUs), consisting of mental representations such as encodings, expectations and beliefs, affects, goals, and competencies, as well as self-regulatory strategies such as attention control. These CAUs are organized and interact dynamically within …