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Social Rank and Rejection Sensitivity as Mediators of the Relationship between Insecure Attachment and Disordered Eating
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posted on 2017-11-01, 00:00 authored by Tara De Paoli, Matthew Fuller-TyszkiewiczMatthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Emma Halliwell, Francis Puccio, Isabel KrugAIM: The current study assessed a new interpersonal model for eating disorders (EDs), in which interpersonal rejection sensitivity (RS), appearance-based RS and social rank were hypothesised to mediate the relationship between insecure attachment and disordered eating. METHOD: The sample comprised a clinical ED group (N = 122) and a control group (N = 622). Participants were asked to complete a number of self-report measures related to the variables of interest. RESULTS: Invariance testing indicated that the model was structurally non-invariant (different across groups). For the ED group, appearance-based RS and social rank were significant mediators of the relationship between insecure attachment and disordered eating. For the controls, the relationship between insecure attachment and disordered eating was mediated through multiple pathways involving interpersonal RS, appearance-based RS and social rank. CONCLUSION: These findings may inform existing therapies such as interpersonal psychotherapy for EDs, by emphasising the role of sensitivity to rejection in the development and maintenance of disordered eating. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
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European eating disorders reviewVolume
25Issue
6Pagination
469 - 478Publisher
WileyLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1099-0968Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2017 John Wiley & Sons,Usage metrics
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appearancedisordered eatingeating disorderrejection sensitivitysocial rankAdultCase-Control StudiesFeeding and Eating DisordersFemaleHumansMaleObject AttachmentRejection (Psychology)Self ReportSocial ClassYoung AdultSocial SciencesPsychology, ClinicalPsychologyINTERPERSONAL MAINTENANCE MODELANOREXIA-NERVOSASUBMISSIVE BEHAVIORWOMENSYMPTOMSPSYCHOPATHOLOGYOUTCOMES
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