Rejection Sensitivity as it relates to: Selective Attention, Interpersonal Relationships, Academic Achievement, Thought Suppression and Personality.

My current interests center on understanding the interplay of social-cognition and rejection sensitivity (RS) as they relate to the deployment of attention, thought suppression, perceptions of the legal system and the development interpersonal relationships. One line of research capitalizes on eye tracking and other psychophysical techniques (EEG) as a means for understanding attention deployment and self-regulation in individuals sensitive to rejection.  Another line of research uses various survey and statistical techniques as a means for understanding affluent African-American’s perceptions of the legal system and young adults intimate relationship development as a function of RS. Both lines of research emphasize the role of RS in shaping ones psychological reality at the conscious and subconscious level.