The role of weight- and appearance-related discrimination on eating disorder symptoms among adolescents and emerging adults

Table 2 Results from Logistic Regression Analyses Predicting Adolescent and Emerging Adult Eating Disorder Symptoms (N = 8117) by Discrimination Experiences (Model 1), while Controlling for Age, Sex, Parental SES, Body Image, Self-efficacy, Social Media Use, Social Support

	Eating disorder symptoms (EDs)
Predictors Model 1	OR	95% CI	p
Age	0.97	0.96–0.98	<.001
Sex
Male vs. Female	2.48	2.16–2.84	<.001
Parental SES
low vs. medium	1.08	0.88–1.31	.445
low vs. high	1.20	0.97–1.49	.098
Body image
Just right vs. little too thin/thick	2.88	2.46–3.37	<.001
Just right vs. much too thin/thick	5.56	4.41–7.00	<.001
Self-efficacy	0.99	0.98–0.99	<.001
Social media use	1.15	1.09–1.20	<.001
Social support	0.99	0.99–1.00	.139
Weight-related discrimination
Never vs. seldom	1.57	1.32–1.85	<.001
Never vs. sometimes	2.05	1.67–2.52	<.001
Never vs. often	1.81	1.30–2.51	<.001
Never vs. very often	1.81	1.02–3.23	.044
Appearance-related discrimination
Never vs. seldom	1.26	1.07–1.48	.005
Never vs. sometimes	1.34	1.08–1.64	.007
Never vs. often	0.95	0.65–1.37	.776
Never vs. very often	2.15	1.19–3.89	.011

Note. OR = adjusted odds ratio, SES = socioeconomic status. Significant results at p < .05 are highlighted in boldface. Self-efficacy and social support are indicated by a sum score ranging between 0 (min) and 100 (max). Social media use is indicated by the average time spent in hours a day, ranging from 0 (never) to 5 (five hours or more). Model 1 Pseudo R² = .14

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