Empirical validation of the information-motivation-behavioral skills model of gestational weight management behavior: a framework for intervention

Table 5 Decomposition of the effect of IMB factors on GWM

Path	Direct effect	Indirect effect	Total effect
Information—> Behavioral skills	0.348^***	-	0.348^***
Information—> Weight management	0.325^***	0.054^**	0.378^***
Motivation—> Behavioral skills	0.461^***	-	0.461^***
Motivation—> Weight management	0.174^**	0.071^**	0.245^***
Behavioral skills—> Weight management	0.154^**	-	0.154^**

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