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. 2022 Jan 29;19(3):1543. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031543

Table 3.

Path and correlation coefficients for all direct associations in the final mediation model.

Direct Associations B SE β p
Browsing TO Upward comparison with close peers −0.037 0.028 −0.067 0.181
Commenting TO Upward comparison with close peers 0.028 0.026 0.084 0.271
Posting TO Upward comparison with close peers −0.013 0.034 −0.029 0.696
Browsing TO Upward comparison with distant peers −0.058 0.039 −0.082 0.137
Commenting TO Upward comparison with distant peers 0.032 0.031 0.076 0.291
Posting TO Upward comparison with distant peers 0.001 0.035 0.002 0.976
Browsing TO Upward comparison with influencers 0.170 0.050 0.206 0.001
Commenting TO Upward comparison with influencers 0.036 0.030 0.071 0.242
Posting TO Upward comparison with influencers 0.019 0.042 0.028 0.646
Upward comparison with close peers TO Body image discrepancy 0.077 0.120 0.039 0.521
Upward comparison with distant peers TO Body image discrepancy −0.029 0.102 −0.019 0.779
Upward comparison with influencers TO Body image discrepancy 0.124 0.064 0.095 0.051
Age (adolescent) TO Body image discrepancy 0.193 0.123 0.83 0.118
BMI (z-scores) TO Body image discrepancy 0.564 0.072 0.473 <0.001
Upward comparison with close peers TO Lack of body appreciation 0.273 0.090 0.215 0.002
Upward comparison with distant peers TO Lack of body appreciation 0.135 0.057 0.135 0.018
Upward comparison with influencers TO Lack of body appreciation 0.173 0.045 0.203 <0.001
Age (adolescent) TO Lack of body appreciation 0.216 0.084 0.143 0.010
BMI (z-scores) TO Lack of body appreciation 0.149 0.038 0.192 <0.001
Upward comparison with close peers WITH Upward comparison with distant peers 0.203 0.037 0.458 <0.001
Upward comparison with close peers WITH Upward comparison with influencers 0.170 0.036 0.335 <0.001
Upward comparison with distant peers WITH Upward comparison with influencers 0.269 0.041 0.416 <0.001
Body image discrepancy WITH Lack of body appreciation 0.190 0.042 0.281 <0.001

Note: χ2 (12) = 23.374, p = 0.025; CFI = 0.963; RMSEA = 0.057 (90 CILO% = 0.021, 90 CIHI% = 0.094); SRMR = 0.042.