Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (RSQ)

The RSQ is an 18-item self-report measure of rejection sensitivity—the disposition to anxiously expect, readily perceive, and intensely react to rejection from others. Developed by Downey and Feldman in 1996, it captures both anxiety about rejection and expectancy of rejection. Rejection sensitivity is recognized as transdiagnostic interpersonal vulnerability predicting social anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, and self-harm.