Table 3.

Direct, indirect, and total indirect effects of psychological factors on food addiction mediated by Self-Control and sustainable healthy eating (SHE)

Predictor	Effect type	Estimate (SE)	z value	95% CI	p-value
Depression → Food addiction	Direct effects	0.16 (0.02)	4.864	0.08–0.23	< 0.001
Anxiety → Food addiction		0.36 (0.04)	10.961	0.29–0.42	< 0.001
Distress → Food addiction		0.28 (0.02)	9.708	0.22–0.34	< 0.001
Depression → Self control → Food addiction	Indirect effects	0.04 (0.01)	3.322	0.02–0.06	< 0.001
Depression → SHE → Food addiction		0.02 (0.00)	1.568	-0.01-0.02	0.117
Anxiety → Self control → Food addiction		0.00 (0.00)	0.676	-0.01-0.01	0.499
Anxiety → SHE → Food addiction		-0.01 (0.00)	-1.135	-0.01-0.00	0.256
Distress → Self control → Food addiction		0.05 (0.00)	5.675	0.03–0.07	< 0.001
Distress → SHE → Food addiction		0.01 (0.00)	1.361	-0.00-0.01	0.173
Depression → Self control → SHE → Food addiction	Total indirect effects	0.07 (0.01)	8.012	0.05–0.11	< 0.001
Anxiety → Self control → SHE → Food addiction		-0.00 (0.00)	-0.03	-0.04-0.01	0.975
Distress → Self control → SHE → Food addiction		0.06 (0.01)	6.744	0.03–0.10	< 0.001

Values represent standardized regression coefficients (β) with standard errors (SE) in parentheses. Direct effects indicate the immediate influence of independent variables on food addiction. Indirect effects represent mediated pathways through self-control and/or SHE, while total indirect effects summarize cumulative mediating influences. Statistically significant pathways (p < 0.05) are highlighted. CI = Confidence Interval