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Table 3 Structural Parameters of the relationships

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

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