Table 3.

Direct and indirect associations between emotion regulation strategy use, affect, and purging

Parameter	Unstandardized Probit Estimate	SE	Bootstrapped 95% Confidence Interval
Direct associations between predictors at T-1 and purging at T-1
T-1 NA → T-1 Purge	.015	.008	.000, .031
T-1 PA → T-1 Purge	−.001	.006	−.014, .011
T-1 Adaptive ER → T-1 Purge	.011	.060	−.085, .148
T-1 Maladaptive ER → T-1 Purge	.085	.054	−.012, .204
Direct associations between predictors at T-1 and purging at T
T-1 NA → T Purge	−.009	.014	−.039, .015
T-1 PA → T Purge	−.005	.013	−.030, .022
T-1 Adaptive ER → T Purge	−.152	.085	−.327, .007
T-1 Maladaptive ER → T Purge	−.129	.109	−.376, .049
T-1 Purge → T Purge	.988	.123	.726, 1.204
Direct associations between predictors at T and purging at T, after accounting for the effects of predictors at T-1
T NA → T Purge	.024	.010	.004, .044
T PA → T Purge	−.001	.009	−.019, .017
T Adaptive ER → T Purge	.061	.084	−.081, .245
T Maladaptive ER → T Purge	.115	.071	−.016, .261
Direct associations between ER at T-1 and affect at T
T-1 Adaptive ER → T NA	.155	.078	.008, .314
T-1 Maladaptive ER → T NA	.461	.065	.335, .594
T-1 Adaptive ER → T PA	.445	.093	.274, .638
T-1 Maladaptive ER → T PA	.122	.078	−.036, .278
Indirect associations between ER at T-1 and purging at T
T-1 Adaptive ER → T NA → T Purge	.004	—	.000, .009
T-1 Adaptive ER → T PA → T Purge	.000	—	−.008, .008
T-1 Adaptive ER → T-1 Purge → T Purge	.011	—	−.087, .134
T-1 Maladaptive ER → T NA → T Purge	.011	—	.002, .020
T-1 Maladaptive ER → T PA → T Purge	.000	—	−.003, .002
T-1 Maladaptive ER → T-1 Purge → T Purge	.084	—	−.012, .180

Note. T = current day; T-1 = prior day; NA = negative affect; PA = positive affect; ER = emotion regulation strategy use; SE = standard error. Significant parameters are bolded.