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. 2023 Oct 17;15(20):4410. doi: 10.3390/nu15204410

Table 2.

Path Analysis: Direct, Indirect, and Total Effects.

Path B se β^ z p 95% CI
Direct Effects (Y ⇐ X)
FA <- ER 0.489 0.061 0.486 8.084 <0.001 (0.371; 0.608)
FA <- NU 0.099 0.042 0.126 2.336 0.019 (0.016; 0.181)
CG <- FA 0.984 0.062 0.776 15.934 <0.001 (0.863; 1.105)
CG <- ER 0.005 0.071 0.004 0.077 0.939 (−0.134; 0.145)
CG <- NU 0.105 0.041 0.105 2.531 0.011 (0.024; 0.186)
RE <- FA 0.718 0.059 0.575 12.200 <0.001 (0.603; 0.834)
RE <- ER −0.042 0.075 −0.033 −0.560 0.576 (−0.190; 0.105)
RE <- NU 0.225 0.047 0.229 4.772 <0.001 (0.132; 0.317)
Indirect Effects (Y ⇐ M ⇐ X)
CG <- FA <- ER 0.482 0.067 0.377 7.196 <0.001 (0.350; 0.613)
RE <- FA <- ER 0.351 0.054 0.279 6.537 <0.001 (0.246; 0.457)
CG <- FA <- NU 0.097 0.042 0.098 2.324 0.020 (0.015; 0.179)
RE <- FA <- NU 0.071 0.031 0.072 2.279 0.023 (0.010; 0.132)
Total Effects (Y ⇐ X + [Y ⇐ M ⇐ X])
CG <- ER + (CG <- FA <- ER) 0.487 0.080 0.381 6.067 <0.001 (0.330; 0.644)
RE <- ER + (RE <- FA <- ER) 0.309 0.076 0.246 4.092 <0.001 (0.161; 0.457)
CG <- NU + (CG <- FA <- NU) 0.202 0.059 0.203 3.395 0.001 (0.085; 0.318)
RE <- NU + (RE <- FA <- NU) 0.295 0.056 0.302 5.319 <0.001 (0.187; 0.404)

Note: ER—Emotional Regulation; FA—Food Addiction; CG—Compulsive Grazing; RE—Repetitive Eating; NU—Negative Urgency.