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Table 5 Direct, Indirect and Total Standardized Effects as Results from Path Model on Adolescent and Young Adult Eating Disorder Symptoms (N = 8117) Predicted by Age, Sex, Parental SES, Body Image, Self-efficacy, Social Media Use, Social Support and Mediated via Discrimination Experiences

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

 

Direct effect

Indirect effect

Total effect

Predictors

β (SE)

p

β (SE)

p

β (SE)

p

Outcome: ED symptoms (R2 = .13)

 Age

−.05 (.001)

<.001

<.01 (<.001)

.352

−.04 (.001)

<.001

 Sex

.14 (.009)

<.001

.01 (.001)

<.001

.16 (.009)

<.001

 Parental SES

.02 (.007)

.067

−.01 (.001)

<.001

.01 (.007)

.190

 Body image

.19 (.007)

<.001

.05 (.003)

<.001

.24 (.007)

<.001

 Self-efficacy

−.05 (.001)

<.001

−.01 (<.001)

<.001

−.06 (.001)

<.001

 Social media use

.07 (.003)

<.001

.01 (.001)

.018

.08 (.003)

<.001

 Social support

−.02 (.001)

.093

−.02 (.001)

<.001

−.03 (.001)

.002

 Weight-related discrimination

.11 (.006)

<.001

–

.11 (.006)

<.001

 Appearance-related discrimination

.04 (.006)

.001

–

.04 (.006)

.001

Outcome: Weight-related discrimination (R2 = .17)

 Age

.01 (.002)

.229

–

.01 (.002)

.229

 Sex

.07 (.018)

<.001

–

.07 (.018)

<.001

 Parental SES

−.03 (.015)

.002

–

−.03 (.015)

.002

 Body image

.37 (.014)

<.001

–

.37 (.014)

<.001

 Self-efficacy

−.04 (.001)

<.001

–

−.04 (.001)

<.001

 Social media use

.05 (.007)

<.001

–

.05 (.007)

<.001

 Social support

−.08 (.001)

<.001

–

−.08 (.001)

<.001

Outcome: Appearance-related discrimination (R2 = .10)

 Age

−.01 (.002)

.928

–

−.01 (.002)

.928

 Sex

.07 (.018)

<.001

–

.07 (.018)

<.001

 Parental SES

−.04 (.014)

<.001

–

−.04 (.014)

<.001

 Body image

.17 (.011)

<.001

–

.17 (.011)

<.001

 Self-efficacy

−.12 (.001)

<.001

–

−.12 (.001)

<.001

 Social media use

.04 (.006)

<.001

–

.04 (.006)

<.001

 Social support

−.15 (.001)

<.001

–

−.15 (.001)

<.001

  1. Note. ED = eating disorder; SES = socioeconomic status. Significant results at p < .05 are highlighted in boldface. Model fit indices: R2 = .27, χ2 = 6151.19, CFI = 1.00, RMSEA < .001
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