Table 3.
Moderation effects of positive beliefs on associations between ruminative processes and eating disorder symptoms
| Model | Predictor | R | Adjusted R2 | b | SE(b) | t | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Beliefs x Brooding | Model summary | 0.63 | 0.40 | ||||
| Intercept | − 2.89 | 3.03 | − 0.95 | (− 8.86, 3.07) | |||
| Gender | 7.41 | 1.10 | 6.72 | (5.24, 9.58) | |||
| BMI | 0.91 | 0.13 | 7.15 | (0.66, 1.16) | |||
| Brooding | 1.70 | 0.16 | 10.65 | (1.39, 2.01) | |||
| Positive beliefs | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.62 | (− 0.12, 0.23) | |||
| Positive beliefs x brooding | − .04 | .02 | − 1.97 | (− .07, − .0001) | |||
| Positive Beliefs x Reflection | Model summary | 0.59 | 0.35 | ||||
| Intercept | − 4.51 | 3.19 | − 1.42 | (− 10.78, 1.76) | |||
| Gender | 8.67 | 1.16 | 7.46 | (6.39, 10.96) | |||
| BMI | 1.00 | 0.13 | 7.46 | (0.74, 1.26) | |||
| Reflection | 1.51 | 0.19 | 7.85 | (1.13, 1.89) | |||
| Positive beliefs | 0.12 | 0.10 | 1.23 | (− 0.07, 0.32) | |||
| Positive beliefs x reflection | − 0.06 | 0.02 | − 2.98 | (− 0.10, − 0.02) | |||
| Positive Beliefs x ED-Specific Brooding | Model Summary | 0.76 | 0.57 | ||||
| Intercept | 11.97 | 2.78 | 4.30 | (6.50, 17.43) | |||
| Gender | 3.02 | 1.01 | 3.00 | (1.04, 5.00) | |||
| BMI | 0.28 | 0.12 | 2.38 | (0.05, .51) | |||
| ED-specific brooding | 1.96 | .11 | 17.96 | (1.75, 2.17) | |||
| Positive beliefs | 0.13 | 0.07 | 1.79 | (− 0.01, .27) | |||
| Positive beliefs X ED-specific brooding | − 0.01 | 0.01 | − 0.54 | (− 0.03, .02) | |||
| Positive Beliefs x ED-Specific Brooding | Model summary | 0.70 | 0.49 | ||||
| Intercept | 3.99 | 2.92 | 1.37 | (− 1.76, 9.74) | |||
| Gender | 7.04 | 1.03 | 6.81 | (5.01, 9.07) | |||
| BMI | 0.062 | 0.12 | 5.09 | (0.38, 0.87) | |||
| ED-specific reflection | 4.57 | 0.32 | 14.38 | (3.94, 5.19) | |||
| Positive beliefs | 0.19 | 0.08 | 2.46 | (0.04, 0.34) | |||
| Positive beliefs X ED-specific reflection | − 0.15 | .03 | − 4.34 | (− 0.22, − 0.08) | |||
Outcome variable of interest eating disorder diagnostic scale symptom composite score. BMI body mass index (kg/m2), Brooding brooding subscale from ruminative response scale, Reflection reflection subscale from the ruminative response scale, ED-brooding brooding subscale from ruminative response scale for eating disorders; ED-reflection rumination subscale from the ruminative response scale for eating disorders, ED eating disorder, positive beliefs positive beliefs about rumination scale, Gender participant self-identified gender (dummy coded: 0 = men, 1 = women)
Bold text indicates significance at p < 0.008 (2-tailed) after Bonferroni correction