TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bondü, Rebecca
A1  - Bilgin, Ayten
A1  - Warschburger, Petra
T1  - Justice sensitivity and rejection sensitivity as predictors and outcomes of eating disorder pathology
BT  - a 5-year longitudinal study
JF  - The international journal of eating disorders
N2  - Objective:
Rejection sensitivity and justice sensitivity are personality traits that are characterized by frequent perceptions and intense adverse responses to negative social cues. Whereas there is good evidence for associations between rejection sensitivity, justice sensitivity, and internalizing problems, no longitudinal studies have investigated their association with eating disorder (ED) pathology so far. Thus, the present study examined longitudinal relations between rejection sensitivity, justice sensitivity, and ED pathology. 

Method:
Participants (N = 769) reported on their rejection sensitivity, justice sensitivity, and ED pathology at 9-19 (T1), 11-21 (T2), and 14-22 years of age (T3). 

Results:
Latent cross-lagged models showed longitudinal associations between ED pathology and anxious rejection sensitivity, observer and victim justice sensitivity. T1 and T2 ED pathology predicted higher T2 and T3 anxious rejection sensitivity, respectively. In turn, T2 anxious rejection sensitivity predicted more T3 ED pathology. T1 observer justice sensitivity predicted more T2 ED pathology, which predicted higher T3 observer justice sensitivity. Furthermore, T1 ED pathology predicted higher T2 victim justice sensitivity. 

Discussion:
Rejection sensitivity-particularly anxious rejection sensitivity-and justice sensitivity may be involved in the maintenance or worsening of ED pathology and should be considered by future research and in prevention and treatment of ED pathology. Also, mental health problems may increase rejection sensitivity and justice sensitivity traits in the long term.
KW  - eating disorder pathology
KW  - justice sensitivity
KW  - longitudinal
KW  - rejection
KW  - sensitivity
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23273
SN  - 0276-3478
SN  - 1098-108X
VL  - 53
IS  - 6
SP  - 926
EP  - 936
PB  - Wiley
CY  - New York, NY
ER  -