Table 4.

Mediation analysis results for mukbang viewing, perceptual gap, and body-image evaluations.

Path	B	p	95% CI
a: Mukbang → Perceptual gap	0.620	< 0.001
b: Perceptual gap → Body image	0.747	< 0.001
c (total effect): Mukbang → Body image	1.398	< 0.001
c′ (direct effect)	0.935	< 0.001
Indirect effect (a × b)	0.463	—	[0.431, 0.490]

Indirect effects were estimated using bias-corrected bootstrapping with 5,000 resamples. The 95% confidence interval did not include zero, indicating a statistically significant indirect effect.