Table 2.
Significant paths for the associations between eating expectancies and eating disorder symptoms by sex.
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b*-value | p-value | b*-value | p-value | |||
| Purging | EEI NA | .27 | <.001 | EEI NA | .25 | < .001 |
| EEI Reward | −.13 | .008 | EEI Reward | −.22 | < .001 | |
| Drug Use | −.30 | <.001 | EEI Control | .21 | .001 | |
| Negative Urgency | −.17 | .002 | ||||
| Negative Affect | .17 | .043 | ||||
| Binge Eating | EEI Control | .30 | < .001 | EEI Control | .36 | < .001 |
| Negative Affect | .22 | .001 | Negative Affect | .17 | .007 | |
| Drug Use | −.22 | .006 | EEI NA | .25 | .001 | |
| Alcohol Use | .26 | .003 | EEI Boredom | .26 | < .001 | |
| Muscle Building | Drug Use | −.25 | < .001 | EEI Control | .15 | .035 |
| EEI Boredom | −.23 | .006 | EEI NA | 19 | .036 | |
| Negative Affect | .24 | < .001 | EEI Reward | −.17 | .026 | |
| Excessive Exercise | EEI Control | .25 | .007 | EEI Control | .44 | < .001 |
| EEI NA | .25 | .021 | Alcohol Use | .16 | .042 | |
| EEI Reward | .16 | .043 | ||||
| Negative Affect | .17 | .029 | ||||
| Restricting | Negative Affect | .23 | .009 | Negative Affect | .49 | < .001 |
| EEI NA | .18 | .043 | EEI Boredom | −.18 | .007 | |
| EEI Reward | −.12 | .046 | ||||
| EEI Control | .25 | .008 | ||||
| BMI | −.16 | .004 | ||||
| Negative Attitudes Toward Obesity | Negative Affect | .25 | .004 | EEI NA | .19 | .027 |
| EEI Control | .24 | .002 | ||||
| Alcohol Use | .17 | .015 | ||||
| Body Dissatisfaction | EEI NA | .22 | .024 | EEI NA | .14 | .043 |
| EEI Control | .18 | .022 | EEI Control | .41 | < .001 | |
| Negative Affect | .45 | < .001 | Negative Affect | .29 | < .001 | |
| BMI | .18 | .015 | BMI | .24 | .001 | |
| Alcohol Use | .20 | .002 | ||||
| Cognitive Restraint | EEI Control | .36 | < .001 | EEI Control | .56 | < .001 |
| Negative Affect | .33 | < .001 | EEI Boredom | −.14 | .039 | |
All paths were tested; non-significant predictors are not included for clarity. Bolded variables for men and women indicate shared eating expectancies between men and women. EEI NA = Eating Manages Negative Affect EEI Reward = Eating is Pleasurable and Useful as a Reward; EEI Control = Eating Leads to Feeling Out of Control; EEI Boredom = Eating Alleviates Boredom; BMI = body mass index.