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. 2018 Jun 28;26(8):1365–1371. doi: 10.1002/oby.22224

Table 3.

Indirect effect of perceived overweight on uncontrolled eating via weight stigma concerns (Study 2)

Unstandardized coefficient SE P Bootstrap 95% CI Model R 2/proportion mediated (%) Standardized coefficienta SE 95% CI
Model 1 b Path A 6.50 0.76 <0.001 5.01 to 8.00 0.72 0.08 0.55 to 0.88
Path B 1.02 0.11 <0.001 0.81 to 1.23 0.41 0.04 0.33 to 0.49
Indirect effect 6.65 1.06 4.81 to 8.99 58.6% 0.29 0.05 0.21 to 0.40
Path C (total effect) 11.36 2.18 <0.001 7.08 to 15.63 0.133 0.50 0.09 0.32 to 0.69
Path C' (direct effect) 4.70 2.13 0.027 0.53 to 8.88 0.249 0.21 0.09 0.03 to 0.39
Model 2 c Path A 2.78 0.72 <0.001 1.37 to 4.19 0.31 0.07 0.16 to 0.45
Path B 0.52 0.14 <0.001 0.25 to 0.79 0.21 0.05 0.11 to 0.31
Indirect effect 1.44 0.52 0.61 to 2.65 44.3% 0.06 0.02 0.03 to 0.12
Path C (total effect) 3.26 2.17 0.13 −1.01 to 7.52 0.294 0.14 0.10 −0.04 to 0.33
Path C' (direct effect) 1.81 2.15 0.40 −2.43 to 6.06 0.312 0.08 0.10 −0.11 to 0.27

Indirect effect = effect of perceived overweight on uncontrolled eating through weight stigma concerns; Path A = correlation between perceived overweight and weight stigma concerns; Path B = correlation between weight stigma concerns and uncontrolled eating; Path C = effect of perceived overweight on uncontrolled eating when weight stigma concerns are not present in the model; Path C' = correlation between perceived overweight and uncontrolled eating after taking weight stigma concerns into account.

a

Calculated by repeating analysis of indirect effects on z scores for all continuous variables (age, BMI, neuroticism, perceived weight discrimination, depression, self‐esteem, body dissatisfaction, and physical activity).

b

Adjusted for variables listed for Study 1, Model 1.

c

Adjusted for variables listed for Study 1, Model 2, plus self‐esteem, body dissatisfaction, and physical activity.