Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire.
RSQ
- What it measures
- Rejection sensitivity - the disposition to anxiously expect, readily perceive, and overreact to interpersonal rejection (expectancy x anxiety/concern across scenarios)
- Length and format
- 18 situations (original adult RSQ); A-RSQ = 9 situations; child CRSQ versions. per scenario: rate concern/anxiety (6-pt) x expectancy of acceptance (6-pt); product-scored (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Multiple languages (ES, DE, IT, ZH, Turkish, etc.); widely adapted in social/clinical research
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Downey, G., & Feldman, S. I. (1996). Implications of rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships. JPSP, 70(6), 1327-1343. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.70.6.1327
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