Table 3.

The associations of social media addiction with participants’ body image concern and eating behavior: a multi-group path analysis model.

	EB-EE			EB-ES			EB-RE
	β	SE	P	β	SE	P	β	SE	P
Social media addiction
Direct	0.102	0.035	0.004	0.172	0.035	< 0.001	− 0.014	0.035	0.687
Indirect	0.069	0.017	< 0.001	0.065	0.016	< 0.001	0.136	0.019	< 0.001
Total	0.170	0.032	< 0.001	0.237	0.032	< 0.001	0.122	0.031	< 0.001
Body image concern	0.142	0.035	< 0.001	0.135	0.032	< 0.001	0.281	0.034	< 0.001

P value for path-analysis. P < 0.05 considered significant. Significant results are shown in bold font.

EB-EE Eating behavior-Emotional eating, EB-ES Eating behavior-External stimuli, EB-RE Eating behavior-Restrained eating.