Table 4.
Mediation models demonstrating the relationship between branded non-core food posts on social media and non-core food intake among Flemish adolescents 11–19 years old
| Sweets (frequency) | Sweets (quantity g/d) | Soft drinks (frequency) | Soft drinks (quantity ml/d) | Fried food (Frequency) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effect estimate | se | P | Effect estimate | se | P | Effect estimate | se | P | Effect estimate | se | P | Effect estimate | se | P | |
| Direct effect of branded non-core food posts | 0·024 | 0·023 | 0·308 | 0·034 | 0·021 | 0·101 | −0·008 | 0·024 | 0·724 | 0·000 | 0·009 | 0·990 | 0·030 | 0·017 | 0·168 |
| Indirect effect | |||||||||||||||
| Descriptive norms | 0·023 | 0·006 | 0·000 | 0·017 | 0·005 | 0·001 | 0·009 | 0·004 | 0·023 | 0·010 | 0·006 | 0·081 | 0·010 | 0·004 | 0·014 |
| Injunctive norms | −0·000 | 0·002 | 0·760 | −0·001 | 0·002 | 0·727 | −0·000 | 0·001 | 0·763 | −0·001 | 0·001 | 0·557 | 0·000 | 0·002 | 0·878 |
| Food literacy | −0·006 | 0·005 | 0·216 | −0·008 | 0·006 | 0·191 | −0·006 | 0·005 | 0·218 | −0·009 | 0·010 | 0·369 | −0·009 | 0·007 | 0·223 |
| Total indirect | 0·016 | 0·008 | 0·043 | 0·009 | 0·008 | 0·270 | 0·003 | 0·007 | 0·668 | −0·000 | 0·011 | 0·998 | 0·001 | 0·008 | 0·868 |
| Total effect | 0·040 | 0·024 | 0·097 | 0·043 | 0·022 | 0·048 | −0·005 | 0·024 | 0·824 | 0·000 | 0·030 | 0·991 | 0·032 | 0·024 | 0·192 |