Assessment Report
Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire
Your Scores
Each bar shows where your responses fall on the 6-point scale, expressed as a percentage of the possible range.
Rejection Sensitivity sits in the average range (39%) — a balanced, middle-of-the-scale standing.
Well above average — 96th percentile compared with the reference sample (N = 118). 90% confidence range: 88th–99th percentile.
Where you fall relative to the population — a normative comparison, not a diagnostic indicator.
Highest-Sensitivity Scenarios
The situations that drove the strongest rejection-sensitive response in this profile (score = concern × (7 − expected acceptance); range 1–36).
- Reaching out to your partner after an argument (Romantic) 30.0
- Asking your partner to move in together (Romantic) 25.0
- Asking someone you barely know on a date (Romantic) 25.0
Breakdown by Interpersonal Context
Each row is one scenario. Score = concern × (7 − expected acceptance); range 1–36. Higher = greater rejection sensitivity for that situation. Scenarios are grouped by interpersonal context.
Romantic
Friendship
Academic
Family
Scenario labels are condensed summaries of the original RSQ vignettes (Downey & Feldman, 1996). These are descriptive breakdowns for clinical interpretation — not separately normed subscales.
What this means
Your overall standing on Rejection Sensitivity is in the average range (39%). This is a within-person self-reflection summary, not a clinical diagnosis.
About This Measure
An 18-scenario measure of rejection sensitivity — the disposition to anxiously expect, readily perceive, and intensely react to social rejection. Each scenario presents an interpersonal situation where rejection is possible; respondents rate their concern and their expectancy of acceptance. The score reflects the mean scenario score (concern × [7 − expectancy]).
Source & attribution: Downey, G., & Feldman, S.I. (1996). Implications of rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70(6), 1327–1343.