Table 3.

Coefficient for depression/anxiety as the mediators of the association between mindfulness and emotional eating (N = 334).

	Coeff	SE	t	p	LLCI	ULCI
Moderator: depression
Constant	13.461	4.649	2.895	0.004	4.308	22.615
Depression	0.374	0.143	2.613	0.009	0.092	0.656
OB	0.453	0.183	3.029	0.003	0.159	0.748
DS	−0.118	0.188	−0.628	0.530	−0.489	0.252
AA	−0.5464	0.0810	−6.7427	0.0000	−0.7059	−0.3870
NJ	−0.272	0.226	−1.204	0.230	−0.717	0.173
NR	0.189	0.248	0.764	0.446	−0.298	0.677
Moderator: anxiety
Constant	13.236	4.693	2.820	0.005	3.996	22.475
Anxiety	0.184	0.145	1.267	0.206	−0.102	0.470
OB	0.722	0.185	3.909	<0.001	0.358	1.086
DS	−0.110	0.190	−0.580	0.563	−0.485	0.264
AA	0.614	0.197	3.111	0.002	0.225	1.002
NJ	−0.225	0.229	−0.980	0.328	−0.676	0.227
NR	0.185	0.251	0.737	0.462	−0.309	0.679

Model 1: Depression as mediator between mindfulness facets and emotional eating, R² = 0.189, model 2: Anxiety as mediator between mindfulness facets and emotional eating R² = 0.124, Covariates included in BMI, age.

OB, Observation facet; DS, Describe facet; AA, Acting with awareness facet; NJ, Non-judgement facet; NR, Non-reactivity facet; FFMQ, Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire; EE, Emotional Eating subscale.