Table 4.
Results of structural equation models predicting participants' decisions to lose weight based on weight misperception grouping.
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χ
2 = 6.51, P < .000; CFI = .95; RMSEA = .028 |
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| Overestimate | Correct | Underestimate | |
| WP | |||
| Gender | .03 | .03∗ | −.11∗∗ |
| Race/ethnicity | −.04 | −.05∗∗ | −.02 |
| MM | .09∗ | .06∗∗∗ | .07† |
| Behavior | −.01 | .01 | .01 |
| Inherited | .01 | .07∗∗∗ | −.00 |
| Info-seek | .08∗ | .12∗∗∗ | .04 |
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| Perceived health | |||
| Gender | .01 | −.01 | −.07 |
| Race/ethnicity | .10∗∗ | .10∗∗∗ | .05∗∗∗ |
| MM | −.16∗∗∗ | −.07∗∗∗ | −.07∗ |
| Behavior | .09∗∗ | .02 | .04 |
| Inherited | −.03 | −.02 | −.06† |
| Info-seek | .07† | .05∗∗ | .12∗ |
| WP | −.10∗∗ | −.29∗∗∗ | .13∗∗∗ |
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| Lose weight | |||
| Gender | .12∗∗∗ | .10∗∗∗ | .07∗ |
| Race/ethnicity | .01 | .00 | .05 |
| Behavior | .03 | .03∗ | .07∗ |
| Inherited | .02 | .00 | −.00 |
| Info-seek | .23∗∗∗ | .17∗∗∗ | .07 |
| WP | .21∗∗∗ | .44∗∗∗ | .23∗∗∗ |
| Perceived health | .10∗∗ | .07∗∗∗ | .05 |
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| R 2 | |||
| WP | .02 | .03 | .02 |
| Perceived health | .06 | .11 | .06 |
| Lose weight | .13 | .24 | .07 |
Behavior: obesity due to behavior; inherited: obesity is inherited; MM: mixed messages about weight and health; info-seek: information-seeking; WP: weight perception; CFI: Confirmatory Fit Index; RMSEA: Root Mean Square Error of Approximation.
†≤.10; ∗≤.05; ∗∗≤.01; ∗∗∗≤.001.