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Journal of Clinical and
Basic Psychosomatics Sensitivity, self-esteem, and affective dependence

Table 4. Spearman’s correlations
Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1. HSPS-overall
Spearman’s rho —
p-value —
2. HSPS-EOE
Spearman’s rho 0.899 —
p-value <0.001 —
3. HSPS-LST
Spearman’s rho 0.902 0.730 —
p-value <0.001 <0.001 —
4. HSPS-AES
Spearman’s rho 0.590 0.445 0.403 —
p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 —
5. HSPS-CHA
Spearman’s rho 0.573 0.433 0.435 0.288 —
p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.004 —
6. RSES-overall
Spearman’s rho −0.485 −0.566 −0.400 −0.172 −0.251 —
p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.087 0.012 —
7. RSES-self-competence
Spearman’s rho −0.327 −0.413 −0.271 −0.027 −0.176 0.891 —
p-value <0.001 <0.001 0.006 0.792 0.080 <0.001 —
8. RSES-self-liking
Spearman’s rho −0.556 −0.608 −0.451 −0.290 −0.311 0.938 0.697 —
p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.003 0.002 <0.001 <0.001 —
9. ADS-overall
Spearman’s rho 0.390 0.438 0.315 0.055 0.287 −0.395 −0.438 −0.308 —
p-value <0.001 <0.001 0.001 0.590 0.004 <0.001 <0.001 0.002 —
10. ADS-craving
Spearman’s rho 0.406 0.447 0.331 0.067 0.279 −0.403 −0.427 −0.332 0.943 —
p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.508 0.005 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 —
11. ADS-submission
Spearman’s rho 0.270 0.311 0.232 0.001 0.228 −0.331 −0.394 −0.231 0.867 0.668 —
p-value 0.007 0.002 0.020 0.991 0.022 <0.001 <0.001 0.021 <0.001 <0.001 —
Note: p-values showing significant differences are in bold.
Abbreviations: ADS: Affective dependency scale; AES: Aesthetic sensitivity; CHA: Controlled harm avoidance; EOE: Ease of excitation; HSPS: Highly
sensitive person scale; LST: Low sensory threshold; RSES: Rosenberg self-esteem scale.

constructs, confirming our first hypothesis. Affective partners. This was also confirmed by our linear regression
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dependence was found to be positively correlated with analyses, which support the vulnerability hypothesis of
SPS and negatively correlated with self-esteem. The results SPS, which is widely reported in the literature. These
indicate that individuals with higher sensitivity have results are particularly intriguing as they prompt further
higher affective dependence, while those with higher self- exploration of how high sensitivity may play a role in the
esteem show lower affective dependence. These results various components of Stenberg’s triangular theory of
align with previous studies, which have shown that highly love, namely, intimacy, passion, and commitment. This
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sensitive individuals tend to be more dependent on their presents an avenue for further investigation, as well as the

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