Table 4 Mediation analysis testing the indirect effects of health motivation on psychological health indicators via disordered eating variables
Predictor | Outcome | Orthorexia | Dietary Restraint | Inflexible Eating | Depression | Anxiety | Stress | EWB | SWB | PWB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
b | b | b | b | b | b | b | b | b | ||
Constant | Â | 1.01*** (.25) | 1.28** (.40) | 1.26** (.41) | 2.61*** (.39) | 2.16*** (.30) | 2.83*** (.32) | 2.42*** (.50) | 1.80** (.59) | 1.91*** (.49) |
Health FCM |  | .24*** (.03) | .39*** (.05) | .36*** (.05) |  − .06 (.06) |  − .09* (.04) |  − .09 (.05) | .12 (.07) | .13 (.08) | .17* (.07) |
Orthorexia |  |  |  |  | .08 (.12) | .07 (.10) | .06 (.10) |  − .03 (.16) | .05 (.19) |  − .04 .16 |
Dietary restraint |  |  |  |  | .15* (.07) | .18** (.06) | .19** (.06) |  − .13 (.10) |  − .17 (.11) |  − .15 (.09) |
Inflexible eating |  |  |  |  | .13 (.09) | .09 (.07) | .12 (.07) |  − .25* (.11) |  − .17 (.13) |  − .20 (.11) |
Moral FCM |  | .03 (.03) |  − .06 (.05) | .02 (.05) |  − .03 (.05) | .02 (.04) |  − .02 (.04) | .05 (.06) | .05 (.08) | .07 (.06) |
Age |  | .01 (.03) |  − .07 (.04) |  − .04 (.04) |  − .12** (.04) |  − .14*** (.03) |  − .14*** (.03) | .06 (.05) | .002 (.06) | .13** (.05) |
Gender (0 = male) |  |  − .16* (.08) | .27* (.12) |  − .19 (.12) | .11 (.12) | .11 (.09) | .12 (.10) | .18 (.15) |  − .21 (.18) |  − .03 (.15) |
Ethnicity (0 = non-White) |  | .11 (.09) | .13 (.15) | .14 (.15) | .14 (.13) |  − .10 (.11) | .02 (.11) |  − .11 (.17) |  − .28 (.21) |  − .01 (.17) |
Diet type (0 = non-strict vegetarian) |  | .01 (.08) |  − .09 (.13) |  − .07 (.13) | .07 (.12) |  − .14 (.09) |  − .07 (.10) |  − .06 (.16) |  − .17 (.19) | .47 (.08) |
Physical health |  | .07 (.04) |  − .02 (.07) | .03 (.07) |  − .23*** (.06) |  − .08 (.05) |  − .17** (.05) | .46*** (.08) | .48*** (.10) | 0.48*** (.08) |
Indirect effect via orthorexia |  |  |  |  | .02 (.04) [− .06, .09] | .02 (.03) [− .04, .07] | .01 (.03) [− .05, .07] |  − .01 (.04) [− .08, .07] | .01 (.05) [− .08, .11] |  − .01 (.04) [− .09, .07] |
Indirect effect via dietary restraint |  |  |  |  | .06 (.03) [− .002, 0.12] | .07 (.03) [.02, .12] | .07 (.03) [.02, .14] |  − .05 (.04) [− .13, .04] |  − .07 (.05) [− .17, .03] |  − .06 (.04) [− .13, .02] |
Indirect effect via inflexible eating |  |  |  |  | .05 (.04) [− .02, .12] | .03 (.03) [− .02, .08] | .04 (.03) [− .01, .10] |  − .09 (.04) [− .18, − .004] |  − .06 (.05) [− .16, .05] |  − .07 (.04) [− .16, .01] |