Table 3.
Intervening Models Predicting Changes in Eating Pathology across Adulthood
| Drive for Thinness | Bulimia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without BMI | Partial R2 | With BMI | Partial R2 | Without BMI | Partial R2 | With BMI | Partial R2 | |
| Fixed Effects | γ (SE) | γ (SE) | γ (SE) | γ (SE) | ||||
| Intercept (γ00) | 11.47 (0.19)*** | .70 | 2.79 (0.73)*** | .01 | 10.64 (0.14)*** | .79 | 1.65 (0.51)** | .01 |
| Age (γ10) | −0.02 (0.01) | <.01 | −0.06 (0.01)*** | .01 | −0.06 (0.01)*** | .02 | −0.09 (0.01)*** | .06 |
| BMI | -- | -- | 0.37 (0.03)*** | .08 | -- | -- | 0.39 (0.02)*** | .16 |
| Gender | 3.31 (0.42)*** | .04 | 4.12 (0.41)*** | .06 | 1.42 (0.31)*** | .01 | 2.28 (0.29)*** | .04 |
| EA | −0.25 (0.18) | <.01 | −0.23 (0.17) | <.01 | −0.49 (0.13)*** | .01 | −0.49 (0.12)*** | .01 |
| MS | 0.18 (0.26) | <.01 | 0.11 (0.25) | <.01 | −0.06 (0.18) | <.01 | −0.13 (0.18) | <.01 |
| PS | −0.88 (0.28)** | .01 | −0.92 (0.28)** | .01 | −0.29 (0.20) | <.01 | −0.34 (0.19) | <.01 |
| Gender × Age | −0.06 (0.03)* | <.01 | −0.05 (0.03)† | <.01 | −0.06 (0.02)** | <.01 | −0.05 (0.02)* | <.01 |
| EA × Age | 0.07 (0.01)*** | .02 | 0.07 (0.01)*** | .02 | 0.04 (0.01)*** | .01 | 0.04 (0.01)*** | .01 |
| MS × Age | −0.02 (0.03) | <.01 | −0.02 (0.03) | <.01 | −0.02 (0.02) | <.01 | −0.02 (0.02) | <.01 |
| PS × Age | 0.07 (0.03)* | <.01 | 0.09 (0.03)** | <.01 | 0.06 (0.02)** | <.01 | 0.07 (0.02)*** | .01 |
| EA × Gender | −0.80 (0.39)* | <.01 | −0.82 (0.38)* | <.01 | −0.17 (0.29) | <.01 | −0.22 (0.27) | <.01 |
| MS × Gender | 0.28 (0.56) | <.01 | 0.38 (0.55) | <.01 | −0.23 (0.40) | <.01 | −0.11 (0.39) | <.01 |
| PS × Gender | −0.07 (0.62) | <.01 | −0.18 (0.61) | <.01 | 0.06 (0.44) | <.01 | −0.08 (0.42) | <.01 |
| EA × Age × Gender | 0.12 (0.03)*** | .01 | 0.10 (0.03)** | .01 | 0.06 (0.02)** | .01 | 0.04 (0.02)† | <.01 |
| MS × Age × Gender | −0.04 (0.06) | <.01 | −0.03 (0.06) | <.01 | −0.02 (0.04) | <.01 | −0.02 (0.04) | <.01 |
| PS × Age × Gender | −0.03 (0.07) | <.01 | −0.01 (0.06) | <.01 | 0.05 (0.05) | <.01 | 0.07 (0.05) | <.01 |
| Variance | ||||||||
| Within-Person | 10.54 (0.44)*** | 10.34 (0.43)*** | 5.23 (0.22)*** | 4.99 (0.20)*** | ||||
| Intercept | 15.90 (0.95)*** | 14.32 (0.87)*** | 8.96 (0.52)*** | 7.45 (0.44)*** | ||||
| Slope | 0.01 (<0.01)*** | 0.01 (<0.01)*** | 0.01 (<0.01)*** | 0.01 (<0.01)*** | ||||
| Fit Indices | ||||||||
| AIC | 16614.5 | 16471.0 | 14920.7 | 14613.6 | ||||
| BIC | 16733.5 | 16595.9 | 15039.7 | 14738.5 | ||||
Note. EA=Educational Attainment; MS=Marital Status; PS=Parental Status;
†
p = .05,
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01,
***
p < .001