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Table 3 Percent contributions to mediation total effect

From: Effect of information encounter on concerns over healthy eating– mediated through body comparison and moderated by body mass index or body satisfaction

\({c}_{p(c)}=\frac{{b}_{p\left(c\right)}}{{b}_{p\left(c\right)}}\)

1

\({c}_{p\left(ab\right)}=\frac{{b}_{p\left(ab\right)}}{{b}_{p\left(c\right)}}\)

2

\({c}_{p\left(d\right)}=\frac{{b}_{p\left(d\right)}}{{b}_{p\left(d\right)}}\)

3

\({c}_{p\left(a\right)}=\frac{{b}_{p\left(a\right)}}{{b}_{p\left(a\right)}+{b}_{p\left(b\right)}}{c}_{p\left(ab\right)}\)

4

\({c}_{p\left(b\right)}=\frac{{b}_{p\left(b\right)}}{{b}_{p\left(a\right)}+{b}_{p\left(b\right)}}{c}_{p\left(ab\right)}\)

5

  1. All paths (a, b, c, d and a*b) are assumed non-negative, i.e., 0 ≤ bp ≤ 1, which is appropriate for the data of this study
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