Luo Lin, Liu Xiangmeng, Bi Chongzeng. Relationship between rejection sensitivity and anger. [J]. Health Medicine Research and Practice 14(2):23-26(2017)
Luo Lin, Liu Xiangmeng, Bi Chongzeng. Relationship between rejection sensitivity and anger. [J]. Health Medicine Research and Practice 14(2):23-26(2017)DOI:
Relationship between rejection sensitivity and anger
Objective To explore potential inter-relationship between rejection sensitivity and anger and to investigate the mediation effect of self-esteem.Methods 200 undergraduates from an University in Hunan completed the Tendency to Expect Rejection Scale
State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2and Rosenberg SelfEsteem Scale and the results of 3surveys were analyzed statistically.Results Rejection sensitivity was positively associated with state anger
trait anger and anger expression-in(P<0.05)and negatively associated with self-esteem(P<0.05).While self-esteem was obviously associated with all the variables except for anger expression-out and anger control-out(P<0.05).Self-esteem played the full meditation between rejection sensitivity and state anger(P<0.01)
and it also worked as partial meditation between rejection sensitivity and trait anger(P<0.01)
between rejection sensitivity and anger expression-in(P<0.05).Conclusion Rejection sensitivity and self-esteem are important factors effecting on anger.