Table 4.

SEM model 1A: parameter estimates, SE, z-values, value of p, and standardized estimates (i.e., completely standardized solutions) for regression parameters, and correlations between exogenous latent variables.

Structural regression coefficients	Estimate	SE	z-value	p	Std. estimate
Eating in the absence of hunger
Child inhibitory control	−0.144	0.050	−2.857	0.004	−0.150
Food as reward	0.211	0.044	4.789	<0.001	0.274
Child z-BMI
Eating in the absence of hunger	0.283	0.113	2.498	0.012	0.120
Low appetite	−0.344	0.079	−4.379	<0.001	−0.189
Restriction for weight control
Child z-BMI	0.126	0.027	4.740	<0.001	0.234
Low appetite	−0.015	0.048	−0.321	0.748	−0.016
Eating in the absence of hunger	0.009	0.074	0.120	0.905	0.007
Correlations between exogenous latent variables
	Food as reward	Child inhibitory control	Low appetite
Food as reward	-
Child inhibitory control	−0.113	-
Low appetite	0.098	0.077	-

Robust model fit indexes: RMSEA [90% CI]=0.050 [0.044; 0.056], CFI=0.957, TLI=0.950.