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Objectives This study aims to test the mediating effect of self-compassion and maladaptive, cognitive emotion regulation strategy in the effect of rejection sensitivity on relationship addiction. Methods This study did a survey to 387 male and female adults from 19 to 39 years old. The data were analyzed with the SPSS 25 statistical program using rejection sensitivity, self-compassion, relationship addiction (RAQ-30), self-compassion(SCS), and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) scale. Results The findings of the analysis were as follows. First, correlation analysis between rejection sensitivity, self-compassion, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy, and relationship addiction showed that they were significantly correlated. Second, in the effect of rejection sensitivity on relationship addiction, self-compassion and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy were found to have partial mediating effect. Third, rejection sensitivity was found to have indirect effect on rejection sensitivity by mediating self-compassion and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy in order. Conclusions This study examined the effect of rejection sensitivity on relationship addiction, addictive human relationship pattern, and wanted to give information to alleviate relationship addiction by focusing on self-compassion and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategy. The purpose and meaningfulness of it is to provide help in real counseling scenes by agreeing on treatment goals which one can establish real counseling scene and exploring effective intervention method. Based on such findings, this study discussed limites of this study and necessity of further studies.
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