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Table 2 Reciprocal effects of appearance orientation, appearance worries, and dieting

From: A vicious cycle among cognitions and behaviors enhancing risk for eating disorders

Indirect effects pathways

B

SE

BC 95% CI

Lower

Higher

Testing the indirect effect of appearance orientation

Model 1

Appearance orientation T1 ➔ Appearance worries T2 ➔ Dieting T3 (H1)

0.06

0.02

0.02

0.10

Appearance orientation T1 ➔ Dieting T2 ➔ Appearance worries T3 (H2)

0.01

0.01

- 0.01

0.03

Testing the indirect effect of appearance worries

    

Model 2

Appearance worries T1 ➔ Appearance orientation T2 ➔ Dieting T3 (H3)

- 0.02

0.009

- 0.04

- 0.01

Appearance worries T1 ➔ Dieting T2 ➔ Appearance orientation T3 (H4)

- 0.01

0.004

- 0.02

- 0.001

Testing the indirect effect of dieting

Model 3

Dieting T1 ➔ Appearance worries T2 ➔ Appearance orientation T3 (H5)

0.01

0.01

- 0.004

0.02

Dieting T1 ➔ Appearance orientation T2 ➔ Appearance worries T3 (H6)

0.01

0.004

0.001

0.02

  1. Values of indirect effect coefficient (B) presented in bold are significant. Each bootstrap was based on 5000 repetitions. Bias corrected (BC) confidence intervals (CI) that do not include zero indicate a significant indirect effect. T1 Time 1, baseline, T2 Time 2, 2-month follow-up, T3 Time 3, 13-month follow-up, H Hypothesis. Significant coefficients are marked in bold