DETERMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIO-COGNITIVE FACTORS AND INTERPERSONAL SENSITIVITY.

The research presents the influence of the attributional style on interpersonal sensitivity from the point of view of the stress diathesis model, the basic model of hopelessness theory. We investigate the effects of the social support, life experiences and negative attributional style on the interpersonal sensitivity. For this purpose we used a sample of 211 participants aged between 18 and 51 years (M=27.11; SD=11.19). The results claim that negative attributional style, lack of confidence and low social support have a direct impact on sensitivity. We believe that the results of this research may contribute to the formation of a predictive model of sensitivity, with direct implications for future research in this area of research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]