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Table 3 Linear regression analysis predicting psychological health—total effects model

From: Motivations matter: moral and health-related motives indirectly relate to differential psychological health indicators among vegetarians

Predictor

Outcome

Depression

Anxiety

Stress

EWB

SWB

PWB

b

b

b

b

b

b

Constant

 

3.05*** (.38)

2.16*** (.30)

3.29*** (.33)

1.91*** (.49)

1.41* (.57)

1.42** (.48)

Age

 

 − .13** (.04)

 − .16*** (.03)

 − .15*** (.03)

.08 (.05)

.02 (.06)

.15** (.05)

Gender (0 = male)

 

.12 (.12)

.13 (.09)

.14 (.10)

.20 (.15)

 − .23 (.17)

 − .03 (.14)

Ethnicity (0 = non-White)

 

.18 (.14)

 − .06 (.11)

.07 (.12)

 − .16 (.18)

 − .32 (.21)

 − .06 (.18)

Urbanicity

 

 − .002 (.04)

 − .004 (.03)

 − .02 (.03)

 − .003 (.05)

 − .01 (.05)

 − .02 (.04)

Income

 

 − .09* (.04)

 − .08** (.03)

 − .07* (.03)

.12* (.05)

.07 (.06)

.06 (.05)

Diet type (0 = non-strict vegetarian

 

.05 (.13)

 − .16 (.10)

 − .10 (.11)

 − .03 (.16)

 − .14 (.19)

 − .21 (.16)

Physical health

 

 − .23*** (.07)

 − .08 (.05)

 − .17** (.06)

.46*** (.08)

.48*** (.10)

.46*** (.08)

Health FCM

 

.07 (.05)

.03 (.04)

.04 (.04)

 − .03 (.06)

.01 (.07)

.03 (.06)

Moral FCM

 

 − .04 (.05)

.01 (.04)

 − .03 (.04)

.05 (.07)

.06 (.08)

.07 (.06)

  1. Linear regression predicting measures of psychological health in vegetarians by health and moral FCMs while controlling for covariates (age, gender, ethnicity, urbanicity, household income, diet type, and physical health)
  2. EWB Emotional well-being, SWB Social well-being, PWB Psychological well-being, FCM Food choice motive
  3. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001