How body concerns, body mass, self-rated health and self-esteem are mutually impacted in early adolescence: a longitudinal cohort study

Table 4 Temporal causal and residual change analyses of predictors in 2011 with self-esteem in 2013 as outcome among girls. Standardised beta coefficients (b) with 95% CIs not including 0 marked with bold

Variables	Temporal causal, Standardised b^a	95% CI	Explained variance	Residual change, Standardised b^b	95% CI	Explained variance
*Adjusting variables*
Age group, 15 yrs	−0.20	− 0.27, − 0.12		− 0.10	−0.17, 0.03
13 yrs., ref	0			0
Family affluence	0.12	0.04, 0.20	0.05	0.02	−0.05, 0.09
Self-esteem, 2011				0.45	0.37, 0.53	0.23
*Predictor variables*
Self-rated health 2011
Very good	0.28	0.15, 0.41		0.03	−0.10, 0.16
Good	0.16	0.03, 0.28		−0.01	− 0.16, 0.13
Not so good/ bad, ref	0		0.08	0		0.23
BMI 2011	−0.07	− 0.16, 0.02	0.05	− 0.01	− 0.05, 0.03	0.23
*Want to change something about body*
Yes	−0.29	−0.37, − 0.21		− 0.18	− 0.26, − 0.10
No, ref	0		0.12	0		0.26
*Evaluate my body*
It is OK or I don’t think about it, ref	0			0
It is too thin	0.06	−0.02, 0.14		0.07	− 0.01, 0.14
It is too fat	−0.25	−0.33, − 0.17	0.12	−0.13	− 0.21, − 0.05	0.25
*Dieting*
No, my weight is fine, ref	0			0
No, I need to gain weight	0.01	−0.06, 0.08		0.02	−0.05, 0.09
No, but I need to lose weight	−0.19	−0.27, − 0.11		−0.11	− 0.19, − 0.03
Yes. I am dieting	− 0.22	− 0.30, − 0.14	0.11	− 0.12	− 0.20, − 0.04	0.25

^aThe adjusting variables are presented from an analysis with all the adjusting variables in the model, and thereafter each of the predictors are entered one by one in multivariate models with the corresponding explained variance.
^bResidual change analyses, adjusting for self-esteem in 2011, are performed with each of the predictors entered with the corresponding explained variance.

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