Table 3.
Predicting 6th grade obesity related behaviors: including related peer behaviors as an additional main effect
| Dependent variables from 6th grade | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthful Behaviors | Un-healthful Behaviors | ||||
| Independent Variable | Physical Activity at school |
Physical Activity Not at school |
Fruit & Vegetable Intake |
Sedentary Behavior |
HCLN Food Intake |
| 5th grade behavior | 0.33 (0.04)*** | 0.40 (0.04)*** | 0.51 (0.04)*** | 0.46 (0.04)*** | 0.48 (0.04)*** |
| Demographics | |||||
| Female | −0.11 (0.08) | −0.06 (0.07) | −0.06 (0.07) | −0.17 (0.07)* | −0.13 (0.07)+ |
| Hispanic | 0.02 (0.09) | 0.09 (0.08) | −0.07 (0.08) | 0.22 (0.08)** | 0.08 (0.08) |
| Free Lunch | −0.02 (0.10) | −0.03 (0.09) | 0.01 (0.09) | −0.04 (0.09) | −0.14 (0.09) |
| BMI percentile | −0.01 (0.04) | −0.04 (0.04) | −0.02 (0.04) | −0.00 (0.03) | −0.11 (0.04)** |
| Team sports 6th grade | 0.14 (0.04)*** | 0.35 (0.04)*** | - | −0.09 (0.03)** | - |
| Network constructs | |||||
| 6th Nominations made | −0.57 (0.16)*** | −0.04 (0.10) | −0.15 (0.11) | −0.00 (0.14) | −0.13 (0.12) |
| Peer 6th grade behavior (sum) | |||||
| Physical Activity at school | 0.83 (0.18)*** | −0.22 (0.18) | |||
| Physical Activity Not at School | −0.19 (0.14) | 0.19 (0.16) | |||
| Fruit and Vegetable Intake | 0.46 (0.17)** | −0.07 (0.17) | |||
| Sedentary Behavior | −0.16 (0.10) | 0.19 (0.09)* | 0.26 (0.09)** | ||
| HCLN Food Intake | −0.09 (0.14) | 0.41 (0.13)** | |||
| Interventions conditions | |||||
| Pathways | |||||
| Pathways × Peer behaviors | 0.19 (0.08)* | 0.16 (0.07)* | 0.18 (0.09)* | −0.25 (0.07)*** | −0.04 (0.08) |
| Pathways × Peer's Physical Activity at school | −0.33 (0.14)* | 0.14 (0.19) | |||
| Pathways × Peer's Physical Activity Not at School | 0.11 (0.13) | −0.16 (0.20) | |||
| Pathways × Peer's Fruit and Vegetable Intake | −0.38 (0.16)* | 0.14 (0.16) | |||
| Pathways × Peer's Sedentary Behavior | 0.23 (0.13)+ | −0.04 (0.12) | −0.16 (0.12) | ||
| Pathways × Peer's HCLN Food Intake | 0.11 (0.15) | −0.30 (0.15)* | |||
Added peer behavior was bolded in text. All non-dichotomous variables were standardized.
Random effects adjusted for 6th grade classroom.
Fixed effects controlled for gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, 5th grade value for the dependent variable, and total nominations made (out-degree).
*
p<0.05 based on two-tail test