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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Obes. 2019 Apr 16;14(8):e12518. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12518

Table 1.

Zero-order associations between child psychopathology and continuous SEM-level factors

Depression
Symptoms
(SMFQ)
Anxiety
Symptoms
(SCARED)

Continuous Variables Correlations

Individual-Level Factors
 Child age       0.035     −0.050
 Child percent overweight       0.008     −0.018
 Global eating disorder pathology (YEDE-Q)       0.533***       0.565***
 Emotional eating (EES-C)       0.457***       0.466***
Family/Parental-Level Factors
 Family SES     −0.028     −0.111
 Parent psychopathology (BSI)       0.130*       0.068
 Parent acceptance (CRPBI)     −0.126     −0.042
 Parent firm control (CRPBI)       0.209***       0.126
 Parent psychological control (CRPBI)       0.302***       0.312***
Social/Peer-Level Factors
 Social problems (CBCL)       0.255***       0.219***
 Subjective social status     −0.237***     −0.078
Community-Level Factors
 Median household incomea     −0.120     −0.134*
 Percent of adults who are HS graduate or highera     −0.072     −0.117
 Perceived crime incidence (NEWS)       0.019       0.078
 Perceived outdoor safety (NEWS)     −0.161*     −0.199**

Note: All significance levels are 2-tailed. All variables are from baseline assessments.

Abbreviations: SEM, Social Ecological Model; SMFQ, Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire; SCARED, Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders; YEDE-Q, Youth Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire; EES-C, Emotional Eating Scale for Children and Adolescents; SES, socioeconomic status; BSI, Brief Symptom Inventory; CRPBI, Children’s Report of Parental Behavior Inventory; CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist; HS, high school; NEWS, Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale

*

P <.05,

**

P <.01,

***

P <.001

a

For the family’s zip code, based on 2010 U.S. Census data