Table 3 Results from Logistic Regression Analyses Predicting Adolescent and Emerging Adult Eating Disorder Symptoms (N = 8117) by Discrimination Experiences Complemented by Age and Sex Interactions with Discrimination Experiences (Model 2), while Controlling for Age, Sex, Parental SES, Body Image, Self-efficacy, Social Media Use, Social Support
Eating disorder symptoms (EDs) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Predictors Model 2 | OR | 95% CI | p |
Age | 0.98 | 0.89–1.09 | .806 |
Sex | |||
Male vs. Female | 8.62 | 3.33–22.33 | <.001 |
Parental SES | |||
low vs. medium | 1.07 | 0.89–1.30 | .492 |
low vs. high | 1.18 | 0.95–1.47 | .125 |
Body image | |||
Just right vs. little too thin/thick | 3.64 | 1.65–8.05 | .001 |
Just right vs. much too thin/thick | 3.73 | 1.15–11.99 | .027 |
Self-efficacy | 0.99 | 0.98–1.00 | <.001 |
Social media use | 1.38 | 1.09–1.75 | .008 |
Social support | 1.00 | 0.98–1.02 | .804 |
Weight-related discrimination | |||
Never vs. seldom | 2.67 | 1.13–6.30 | .025 |
Never vs. sometimes | 1.20 | 0.41–3.50 | .743 |
Never vs. often | 2.04 | 0.33–12.80 | .443 |
Never vs. very often | 0.89 | 0.05–17.55 | .939 |
Appearance-related discrimination | |||
Never vs. seldom | 1.80 | 0.79–4.09 | .158 |
Never vs. sometimes | 4.53 | 1.53–13.46 | .007 |
Never vs. often | 4.66 | 0.63–34.19 | .131 |
Never vs. very often | 3.20 | 0.14–74.93 | .468 |
Age interactions | |||
Age × BI right vs. little too thin/thick | 0.98 | 0.94–1.01 | .1201 |
Age × BI right vs. much too thin/thick | 1.01 | 0.95–1.06 | .789 |
Age × Self-efficacy | 1.00 | 0.99–1.00 | .598 |
Age × Social media use | 0.99 | 0.98–1.00 | .171 |
Age × Social support | 1.00 | 0.99–1.00 | .952 |
Age × seldom weight-related discrimination | 1.00 | 0.96–1.04 | .872 |
Age × sometimes weight-related discrimination | 1.06 | 1.00–1.11 | .046 |
Age × often weight-related discrimination | 1.06 | 0.97–1.14 | .181 |
Age × very often seldom weight-related discrimination | 1.09 | 0.95–1.24 | .223 |
Age × seldom appearance-related discrimination | 0.98 | 0.95–1.02 | .337 |
Age × sometimes appearance-related discrimination | 0.94 | 0.89–0.99 | .026 |
Age × often appearance-related discrimination | 0.93 | 0.85–1.01 | .103 |
Age × very often appearance-related discrimination | 0.98 | 0.84–1.13 | .771 |
Sex interactions | |||
Sex × BI right vs. little too thin/thick | 1.41 | 0.99–2.01 | .054 |
Sex × BI right vs. much too thin/thick | 1.32 | 0.81–2.15 | .272 |
Sex × Self-efficacy | 1.00 | 0.98–1.01 | .518 |
Sex × Social media use | 0.96 | 0.86–1.06 | .389 |
Sex × Social support | 0.99 | 0.98–0.99 | .019 |
Sex × seldom weight-related discrimination | 0.51 | 0.35–0.73 | <.001 |
Sex × sometimes weight-related discrimination | 0.48 | 0.31–0.75 | .001 |
Sex × often weight-related discrimination | 0.17 | 0.08–0.33 | <.001 |
Sex × very often weight-related discrimination | 0.23 | 0.07–0.79 | .020 |
Sex × seldom appearance-related discrimination | 1.04 | 0.73–1.47 | .827 |
Sex × sometimes appearance-related discrimination | 0.97 | 0.62–1.53 | .900 |
Sex × often appearance-related discrimination | 0.98 | 0.42–2.34 | .977 |
Sex × very often appearance-related discrimination | 1.28 | 0.35–4.70 | .709 |