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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Health. 2015 Sep 11;31(3):259–275. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2015.1082561

Table 4.

Indirect Effects of the Behavioral Factors on the Relation between Personality and Body Mass Index

Product of Coefficients BC 95% CI
Point Estimate Lower Upper
Neuroticism
    Physical Activity .21* .16 .27
    Healthy Food .05* .02 .08
    Convenience Food .10* .06 .15
    Regular Intervals −.04 −.09 .01
    Same Time .09* .04 .14
    Snacks −.01 −.02 .01
    Overeat .04 −.01 .10
Total .45* .36 .54
Extraversion
    Physical Activity −.26* −.33 −.20
    Healthy Food −.10* −.16 −.04
    Convenience Food .02 −.01 .04
    Regular Intervals .03 −.01 .07
    Same Time −.05* −.08 −.02
    Snacks .00 −.01 .00
    Overeat .00 −.01 .01
Total −.36* −.45 −.27
Openness
    Physical Activity −.34* −.43 −.26
    Healthy Food −.15* −.23 −.06
    Convenience Food −.02 −.04 .00
    Regular Intervals .04 −.02 .10
    Same Time −.06* −.11 −.03
    Snacks .00 −.02 .01
    Overeat −.04* −.08 −.01
Total −.57* −.70 −.45
Conscientiousness
    Physical Activity −.25* −.33 −.19
    Healthy Food −.06* −.10 −.02
    Convenience Food −.14* −.20 −.09
    Regular Intervals .06 −.01 .13
    Same Time −.12* −.19 −.06
    Snacks .00 .00 .01
    Overeat −.05 −.15 .06
Total −.55* −.70 −.42

Note. N=5,067. Coefficients are standardized estimates from the boot-strap analysis (n=5000 samples).

*

p<.05.

**

p<.01.

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