Table 7.
Multiple-group comparisons of latent factor means and their corresponding effect sizes in combined sample
| FGF | ERC | FP | SP | VBP | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∆ Latent Mean | Pooled SD | Effect Size | P-Value | 95% CI | ∆ Latent Mean | Pooled SD | Effect Size | P-Value | 95% CI | ∆ Latent Mean | Pooled SD | Effect Size | P-Value | 95% CI | ∆ Latent Mean | Pooled SD | Effect Size | P-Value | 95% CI | ∆ Latent Mean | Pooled SD | Effect Size | P-Value | 95% CI | |
| Language* (N = 2270) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English (n = 521) |
−.155 | 2.28 | −.068 | .021 | −0.29, 0.02 |
0.225 | 1.72 | .130 | .000 | 0.13, 0.32 |
.156 | 1.77 | .088 | .003 | 0.05, 0.26 |
−.103 | 2.54 | −.040 | .169 | −0.25, 0.04 | .158 | 1.51 | .105 | .000 | 0.07, 0.25 |
| BMI** (N = 2048) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Normal Weight (n = 1052) | .888 | 2.61 | .340 | .000 | 0.74, 1.04 |
.444 | 1.92 | .231 | .000 | 0.33, 0.55 |
.224 | 2.22 | .101 | .001 | 0.10, 0.35 |
−1.33 | 3.29 | −.406 | .000 | −1.52, −1.14 |
−.056 | 2.06 | −.027 | .357 | −0.17, 0.06 |
| Overweight/Obese (n = 747) | 2.01 | 3.04 | .663 | .000 | 1.84, 2.19 |
0.967 | 2.192 | 0.441 | .000 | 0.84, 1.09 |
0.752 | 2.587 | 0.291 | .000 | 0.60, 0.90 |
−2.323 | 3.490 | −0.666 | .000 | −2.52, −2.12 |
0.042 | 2.205 | 0.019 | .513 | −0.08, 0.17 |
Notes: SD Standard Deviation, CI Confidence Interval, FGF fear of getting fat, ERC eating- related control, FP food preoccupation, SP social pressure to gain weight, VPB vomiting-purging behavior, BMI Body Mass Index
*Baseline for language base comparison is Arabic (n = 1749)
**Baseline for BMI comparison was underweight BMI category (n = 249)