Table 2.

Results from the between-person MLMs examining main and interactive effects of stress variables and covariates on average levels of emotional eating (N = 477).

Main Effects
Variables	β (SD)	t (df)	p-value
Intercept	-0.05 (0.04)	-1.12 (198.64)	.26
Avg. stress impact	0.35 (0.06)	5.77 (148.63)	<.001
Avg. negative affect	0.28 (0.06)	4.35 (218.29)	<.001
Avg. BMI	0.02 (0.04)	0.55 (313.12)	.59
Age	<0.01 (0.05)	0.08 (209.57)	.94
Income	0.01 (0.04)	0.28 (62.67)	.78
Intercept	-0.03 (0.05)	-0.72 (198.36)	.47
Major life stress in the last 12 months	-0.02 (0.05)	-0.33 (103.59)	.75
Avg. negative affect	0.52 (0.06)	9.40 (170.10)	<.001
Avg. BMI	0.06 (0.05)	1.24 (283.52)	.22
Age	-0.01 (0.05)	-0.22 (208.42)	.83
Income	0.01 (0.05)	0.17 (57.95)	.87
Interactions
	β (SD)	t (df)	p-value
Intercept	-0.10 (0.04)	-2.20 (206.551)	.03
Avg. stress impact	0.39 (0.06)	6.13 (153.75)	<.001
Major life stress in the last 12 months	-0.11 (0.05)	-2.22 (79.57)	.03
Avg. stress impact X major life stress in the last 12 months	0.11 (0.05)	2.18 (88.64)	.03
Avg. negative affect	0.27 (0.06)	4.14 (202.83)	<.001
Avg. BMI	0.03 (0.04)	0.73 (286.46)	.47
Age	<0.01 (0.05)	-0.01 (205.04)	.99
Income	0.01 (0.04)	0.15 (55.31)	.88

Note: MLM = multilevel model; avg. = average; BMI = body mass index; stress impact = daily stress impact. All daily variables were averaged across the 49 days of data collection, and BMI was averaged across the 3 study assessments. Betas represent standardized effects. Effects significant at p <.01 are bolded.