Table 6.
Predicting frequency of app use by type of app
| Healthy eating | Keeping a diet | Losing weight | Maintain weight | Sport/exercise | Improve health | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p | |
| Gender | .11/.08 | .034/.151 | .09/.02 | .105/.712 | .18/.08 | .001/.144 | .01/− .01 | .847/.889 | .03/.03 | .553/.640 | − .13/− .13 | .015/.021 |
| Age | − .07/− .06 | .234/.291 | − .12/− .08 | .034/.143 | − .11/− .05 | .052/.311 | − .03/− .03 | .641/.579 | .09/.11 | .114/.047 | .01/− .01 | .896/.852 |
| Income | − .05/− .06 | .359/.251 | .03/.02 | .543/.726 | .01/.01 | .785/.831 | − .05/− .06 | .371/.265 | − .02/− .04 | .747/.456 | − .14/− .15 | .007/.005 |
| Education | − .08/− .07 | .159/.195 | .01/.03 | .802/.511 | − .07/− .04 | .204/.448 | − .01/− .00 | .919/.978 | − .06/− .05 | .288/.377 | .08/.08 | .124/.117 |
| BMI | − .01/− .03 | .855/.667 | .12/.11 | .035/.054 | .17/.13 | .002/.014 | − .07/− .08 | .223/.179 | − .07/− .04 | .181/.521 | .11/.12 | .039/.040 |
| Excessive exercise | .09 | .084 | .18 | .000 | .12 | .019 | .10 | .066 | .28 | .000 | .08 | .146 |
| Drive for thinness | .14 | .018 | .27 | .000 | .33 | .000 | .08 | .186 | .09 | .117 | .02 | .734 |
| Sensation seeking | − .08 | .155 | − .02 | .679 | − .01 | .924 | − .13 | .020 | − .04 | .411 | − .06 | .241 |
| Neuroticism | − .07 | .195 | − .08 | .156 | − .00 | .944 | − .04 | .501 | − .05 | .344 | − .02 | .753 |
| R 2 | .03/.06 | .02/.12 | .06/.18 | .01/.04 | .01/.10 | .05/.06 | ||||||
Note. Each model run separately by type of app. Presented are standardized regression coefficients and p level; the coefficients from steps 1 and 2 are divided by slash; all analyses were conducted on data from respondents with no missing data on all variables (n = 369), significant associations (p < .05) are in bold