Rejection sensitivity and its relationship to schizotypy and aggression: current status and future directions

• Rejection sensitivity (RS) is positively associated with both schizotypy and aggression. Elevated RS in people high may be explained by disorganisation social anxiety. aggression anger the need to retaliate repair mood. Multimodal studies ecologically valid paradigms are needed investigate how RS, might co-exist at brain behavioural levels. expectation of being distanced from excluded others, found schizotypal personality traits Here, we propose different explanations for these associations. Specifically, suggest that anxiety explain schizotypy, but reward retaliation mood There some support our suggestions recent showing neural activity and/or connectivity patterns during rejection indicate deficient emotional regulation heightened pain relation Further research needs firmly establish exist, or co-exist, levels, whether interventions specifically target anxiety, maladaptive emotion regulation, promote prosocial behaviours could employed normalise context