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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Health. 2018 Dec 20;68(1):97–103. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1515761

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations between study variables (N = 1,589).

Variable Mean/n (SD/%) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Gendera 1,278 (80.4%)  −
2. Race/Ethnicitya 378 (23.8%)  .037
3. Negative Affectivitya 21.09 (7.83) −.011 −.006
4. Subjective Social Statusb 5.79 (1.76) −.027  .033 −.123***
5. Emotion Dysregulationc 85.94 (23.29) −.018  .044  .614***   −.147***
6. Eating Expectancies-Negative Affectd 57.96 (24.15)  .008  .030  .259*** −.024  .326***
7. Eating Expectancies-Boredomd 16.36 (5.62)  .057*  .014  .153*** −.040  .210***  .607***
8. Eating Expectancies-Controld 11.55 (5.86)  .001 −.004  .246*** −.062*  .344***  .467***  .270***

Note.

***

p<.001

*

p<.05.

a

Covariate

b

Predictor

c

Mediator

d

Criterion

Gender: % listed as females (Coded: 0 = male and 1= female); Race/Ethnicity: % listed as White (non-Hispanic); Negative Affectivity = Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Negative Affect subscale33; Subjective Social Status = Subjective Social Status Scale-Community Item14; Emotion Dysregulation = Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale22; Eating Expectancies-Negative Affect = Eating Expectancy Inventory-Eating Helps Manage Negative Affect subscale10; Eating Expectancies-Boredom = Eating Expectancy Inventory-Eating Alleviates Boredom subscale10; Eating Expectancies-Control = Eating Expectancy Inventory-Eating Leads to Feeling out of Control subscale.10