Table 2.
Summary of Results with Path Analytic Models Specified According to Fig. 1 (Panel B)
| Process variable | Descriptive means | Process change (t-tests: B → 6M) |
Path analytic findings |
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| Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Path a | Path b | Path a × b | ||||||
| B (6M) | B (6M) | d | sig. | d | sig. | β | sig. | β | sig. | β | sig. | |
| 01. Satisfaction with changes | 2.63 (2.22) | 2.65 (2.47) | −0.62 | *** | −0.34 | *** | 0.18 | ** | −0.02 | 0.00 | ||
| 02. PBC: Healthy eating | 5.10 (4.82) | 5.41 (5.60) | −0.26 | ** | 0.11 | 0.21 | *** | −0.09 | t | −0.02 | t | |
| 03. PBC: Physical activity | 4.63 (4.29) | 4.70 (4.56) | −0.21 | * | −0.11 | 0.07 | −0.05 | * | 0.00 | |||
| 04. Confidence: Weight loss | 5.15 (4.33) | 5.51 (5.00) | −0.56 | *** | −0.31 | *** | 0.16 | ** | −0.04 | −0.01 | ||
| 05. Confidence: WLM | 4.16 (4.08) | 4.30 (5.20) | −0.09 | 0.51 | *** | 0.30 | *** | −0.04 | −0.01 | |||
| 06. SE: Emotional eating | 2.44 (2.56) | 2.76 (2.61) | 0.08 | −0.14 | −0.04 | −0.01 | 0.00 | |||||
| 07. SE: Unhealthy food context | 2.94 (2.75) | 2.94 (2.94) | −0.35 | *** | 0.00 | 0.15 | ** | −0.02 | 0.00 | |||
| 08. SE: Physical activity barriers | 2.92 (2.70) | 2.96 (2.80) | −0.34 | *** | −0.21 | * | 0.05 | −0.05 | 0.00 | |||
| 09. Action planning: Physical activity | 2.91 (2.59) | 2.83 (2.66) | −0.33 | *** | −0.11 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 10. Action planning: Healthy eating | 3.15 (2.78) | 3.30 (3.20) | −0.43 | *** | −0.12 | 0.20 | *** | −0.02 | 0.00 | |||
| 11. Coping planning: Physical activity | 2.17 (2.06) | 2.22 (2.28) | −0.16 | t | 0.07 | 0.11 | t | −0.03 | 0.00 | |||
| 12. Coping planning: Healthy eating | 2.62 (2.43) | 2.81 (2.85) | −0.24 | * | 0.03 | 0.19 | ** | −0.03 | −0.01 | |||
| 13. Automaticity: Healthy eating | 2.60 (2.63) | 2.74 (2.94) | 0.05 | 0.23 | * | 0.14 | * | −0.14 | * | −0.02 | t | |
| 14. Automaticity: Physical activity | 2.36 (2.36) | 2.42 (2.49) | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.05 | −0.05 | 0.00 | |||||
| 15. Automaticity: Self-weighing | 2.68 (2.67) | 2.72 (3.19) | 0.00 | 0.41 | *** | 0.25 | *** | −0.01 | 0.00 | |||
| 16. Energy and drive | 3.39 (3.15) | 3.51 (3.24) | −0.42 | *** | −0.34 | *** | 0.02 | −0.06 | * | 0.00 | ||
β standardized coefficient; 6M 6-month follow-up; B baseline; d Cohen’s d; PBC perceived behavioral control; SE self-efficacy; sig. significance level; WLM weight loss maintenance. Bold font indicates significance at p < .05.
aSee Supplementary Materials (Table S49) for full t-test results (e.g., for unstandardized difference scores, 95% CIs, and exact p-values).
bSee Supplementary Materials (Tables S33–S48) for full path analytic results (e.g., for unstandardized effects, standard errors, 95% CIs, exact p-values, fit indices).
***p < .001; **p < .01; *p < .05; tp < .10.