Table 2.
The standardized effects of UWCB, weight concerns, and depression among adolescent girls at baseline on substance use at 10-year follow-up across weight stigma groups, after adjusting for covariates
| No Weight Stigma | Weight Stigma Only | Weight Stigma with Perceived Harms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictors | β | SE | p | β | SE | p | β | SE | p |
| UWCB | .04 | .04 | .35 | −.12 | .10 | .23 | .14 | .05 | .004 |
| Weight Concern | .01 | .02 | .73 | .07 | .11 | .54 | −.04 | .06 | .50 |
| Depression | .01 | .04 | .78 | −.01 | .09 | .96 | .04 | .05 | .42 |
| Covariates | |||||||||
| Age (years) | −.25 | .04 | <.001 | −.03 | .09 | .75 | −.23 | .05 | <.001 |
| Non-White | −.14 | .04 | < .001 | .01 | .20 | .97 | −.17 | .05 | .001 |
| SES | .11 | .04 | .005 | .22 | .12 | .05 | .01 | .05 | .86 |
| Follow-up BMI | −.01 | .03 | .86 | .01 | .05 | .72 | −.07 | .05 | .26 |
| Baseline BMI | −.01 | .04 | .91 | −.05 | .15 | .78 | −.01 | .04 | .86 |
| Baseline Substance Use | .37 | .04 | <.001 | .42 | .15 | <.001 | .45 | .05 | <.001 |
Notes. UWCB = unhealthy weight control behaviors; β = standardized regression coefficient, SE = standard error, BMI = Body Mass Index (kg/m2)