Prediction of Self-Silencing in Women Based on Mentalizing Capacity and Rejection Sensitivity

Abtahi, Salome; Abed, Nazanin

doi:10.66224/Rooyesh.15.1.281

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Abtahi S, Abed N. (2026). Prediction of Self-Silencing in Women Based on Mentalizing Capacity and Rejection Sensitivity. Rooyesh. 15(1), 281-290. doi:10.66224/Rooyesh.15.1.281
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Prediction of Self-Silencing in Women Based on Mentalizing Capacity and Rejection Sensitivity

Salome Abtahi¹

, Nazanin Abed ^*²

1- PhD Student of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran.
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran. , abed@usc.ac.ir

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This study aimed to predict self-silencing in women based on mentalizing capacity and rejection sensitivity. The present research was a descriptive-correlational study employing regression analysis. The statistical population consisted of women living in Tehran in 2025. Using convenience sampling, a sample of 227 participants was selected. The instruments used in this study included the Silencing the Self Scale (STSS; Jack & Dill, 1992), the Mentalization Questionnaire (MQ; Fonagy et al., 1998), and the Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (RSQ; Downey & Feldman, 1996). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression analyses. The findings indicated that the certainty component and rejection sensitivity were positively and significantly associated with self-silencing in women, whereas the uncertainty component showed a significant negative relationship with self-silencing (p<0/01). Furthermore, the variables of mentalization and rejection sensitivity together were able to predict the criterion variable, accounting for a portion of the variance in women’s self-silencing (p<0/001). These results demonstrate that mentalization and rejection sensitivity significantly predict self-silencing in women, such that uncertainty is associated with a decrease, and rejection sensitivity with an increase, in self-silencing. These findings highlight the important role of cognitive-emotional factors in the development of self-silencing behaviors.

Keywords: Mentalizing Capacity, Rejection Sensitivity, Self-Silencing.

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Type of Article: Research | Subject: Clinical Psychology
Received: 2025/11/5 | Accepted: 2025/11/11 | ePublished: 2026/03/29