Mediating effect of the parent-child relationship on the association between parenting stress and children’s eating behaviors

Table 3 Structural Parameters of the relationships

Path	b	S.E.	p-value	95% CI^a		b*
Direct effects
Parenting stress ➔ SAT	−0.01	0.001	<.01	−0.009	− 0.007	− 0.69
Parenting stress ➔ COM	0.01	0.001	<.01	0.005	0.009	0.45
Parenting stress ➔ LIM	−0.02	0.001	<.01	−0.018	− 0.015	− 0.82
SAT ➔ FR	0.02	0.194	.95	−0.366	0.393	−0.01
COM ➔ FR	−0.46	0.150	<.01	−0.755	−0.167	− 0.24
LIM ➔ FR	−0.66	0.129	<.01	−0.913	−0.420	− 0.46
SAT ➔ EOE	−0.03	0.208	.91	−0.413	0.382	−0.01
COM ➔ EOE	−0.31	0.158	.05	−0.617	0.003	−0.15
LIM ➔ EOE	−0.73	0.146	<.01	−1.014	− 0.441	−0.49
Total effects
Parenting stress ➔ … ➔ FR	0.008	0.001	.02	0.004	0.011	0.26
Parenting stress ➔ … ➔ EOE	0.010	0.002	<.01	0.007	0.014	0.34
Indirect effect (Mediating effect)
Parenting stress➔SAT➔FR	0.000	0.002	.95	−0.003	0.003	−0.00
Parenting stress➔COM➔FR	−0.003	0.001	<.01	−0.005	−0.001	− 0.11
Parenting stress➔LIM➔FR	0.011	0.002	<.01	0.006	0.015	0.38
Parenting stress➔SAT➔EOE	0.000	0.002	.90	−0.003	0.004	0.01
Parenting stress➔COM➔EOE	−0.002	0.001	.06	−0.004	0.000	−0.07
Parenting stress➔LIM➔EOE	0.012	0.003	<.01	−0.007	0.017	0.40

SAT Satisfaction with Parenting, COM Communication, LIM Limit Setting, FR Food Responsiveness, EOE Emotional Overeating
^a= 95% confidence interval; b = unstandardized estimates; b* = standardized estimate; p-value = 2-tailed p test

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