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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Behav. 2015 Jan 7;17:69–73. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.12.014

Table 1.

Regression models of the Kids-Palatable Eating Motives Scale (K-PEMS) motives with BMIz as the dependent variable using all participants (N = 73) and participants divided by BMI percentile category.

Dependent variable BMIz
β t p R2
All participants (N = 73)
Independent variables
 Social motive 0.29 2.06 0.04*
 Coping motive 0.02 0.13 0.90
 Reward Enhancement motive −0.27 −1.71 0.09
 Conformity motive −0.19 −1.32 0.19 0.13
Underweight & healthy (N = 44)
Independent variables
 Social motive 0.25 1.38 0.18
 Coping motive −0.16 −0.68 0.50
 Reward Enhancement motive −0.18 −0.92 0.36
 Conformity motive −0.13 −0.62 0.54 0.1
Overweight & obese (N = 29)
Independent variables
 Social motive 0.53 2.00 0.06
 Coping motive 0.17 0.60 0.55
 Reward Enhancement motive −0.88 −2.70 0.01*
 Conformity motive 0.53 2.50 0.02* 0.39

The models controlled for age, sex, and Risky Eating as independent variables; they were not significant.

*

Significant independent variables, p < 0.05.