Table 2.

Results from the between-person MLMs examining main and interactive effects of stress variables and covariates on average levels of emotional eating (N = 477)

Variables	β (s.d.)	t (df)	p value
Main effects
Intercept	−0.05 (0.04)	−1.12 (198.64)	0.26
Avg. stress impact	0.35 (0.06)	5.77 (148.63)	<0.001
Avg. negative affect	0.28 (0.06)	4.35 (218.29)	<0.001
Avg. BMI	0.02 (0.04)	0.55 (313.12)	0.59
Age	<0.01 (0.05)	0.08 (209.57)	0.94
Income	0.01 (0.04)	0.28 (62.67)	0.78
Intercept	−0.03 (0.05)	−0.72 (198.36)	0.47
Major life stress in the last 12 months	−0.02 (0.05)	−0.33 (103.59)	0.75
Avg. negative affect	0.52 (0.06)	9.40 (170.10)	<0.001
Avg. BMI	0.06 (0.05)	1.24 (283.52)	0.22
Age	−0.01 (0.05)	−0.22 (208.42)	0.83
Income	0.01 (0.05)	0.17 (57.95)	0.87
Interactions
Intercept	−0.10 (0.04)	−2.20 (206.551)	0.03
Avg. stress impact	0.39 (0.06)	6.13 (153.75)	<0.001
Major life stress in the last 12 months	−0.11 (0.05)	−2.22 (79.57)	0.03
Avg. stress impact × major life stress in the last 12 months	0.11 (0.05)	2.18 (88.64)	0.03
Avg. negative affect	0.27 (0.06)	4.14 (202.83)	<0.001
Avg. BMI	0.03 (0.04)	0.73 (286.46)	0.47
Age	<0.01 (0.05)	−0.01 (205.04)	0.99
Income	0.01 (0.04)	0.15 (55.31)	0.88

MLM, multilevel model; avg., average; BMI, body mass index; stress impact, daily stress impact.

Note: All daily variables were averaged across the 49 days of data collection, and BMI was averaged across the 3 study assessments. Betas represent standardized effects. Effects significant at p < 0.01 are bolded.