Food Addiction Is Associated with Irrational Beliefs via Trait Anxiety and Emotional Eating
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Food Addiction
2.2.2. Irrational Beliefs
2.2.3. Eating Styles
2.2.4. Trait Anxiety
2.2.5. Depression
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Confirmatory Analyses
3.1.1. Correlations
3.1.2. Multiple Regression Mediation Analysis
Multiple Mediation of the Effect of Irrational Beliefs on FA
Moderated Mediation by BMI of the Effect of Irrational Beliefs on FA
Multiple Mediation of the Effect of Irrational Beliefs on Emotional Eating
3.2. Exploratory Analyses: Serial Mediation of the Effect of Irrational Beliefs on FA
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Measure | SGABS | DEBQe | DEBQx | DEBQr | SDS | mYFAS2 | STAI |
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SGABS | 0.298 4 | 0.166 1 | 0.242 2 | 0.498 4 | 0.282 3 | 0.601 4 | |
DEBQe | 0.530 4 | 0.388 4 | 0.338 4 | 0.485 4 | 0.422 4 | ||
DEBQx | 0.219 2 | 0.039 | 0.409 4 | 0.057 | |||
DEBQr | 0.182 1 | 0.328 4 | 0.240 2 | ||||
SDS | 0.342 4 | 0.800 4 | |||||
mYFAS2 | 0.362 4 | ||||||
Mean | 59.09 | 2.38 | 3.06 | 2.81 | 40.91 | 1.62 | 43.87 |
SEM | 0.79 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 1.01 | 0.66 | 0.14 | 0.79 |
Measure | SGABS | DEBQe | DEBQx | DEBQr | SDS | mYFAS2 | STAI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BMI | −0.020 | 0.082 | 0.037 | 0.161 1 | −0.024 | 0.269 2 | 0.032 |
Predictor | Mediator: STAI R2 = 0.362, F(1,237) = 148.52, p < 0.0001 | 95% Confidence Interval | |||
Coeff. | SE | p | Lower | Upper | |
SGABS | 0.602 | 0.049 | <0.0001 | 0.505 | 0.670 |
Mediator: SDS R2 = 0.248, F(1,237) = 75.85, p < 0.0001 | |||||
SGABS | 0.413 | 0.048 | <0.0001 | 0.320 | 0.507 |
Criterion: DEBQe R2 = 0.182, F(3,235) = 15.98, p < 0.0001 | |||||
SGABS | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.406 | −0.007 | 0.016 |
STAI | 0.027 | 0.009 | 0.002 | 0.010 | 0.044 |
SDS | 0.000 | 0.008 | 0.989 | −0.017 | 0.016 |
Predictor | Mediator: STAI R2 = 0.363, F(2,236) = 72.58, p < 0.0001 | 95% Confidence Interval | |||
Coeff. | SE | p | Lower | Upper | |
SGABS | 0.603 | 0.050 | <0.0001 | 0.504 | 0.702 |
BMI | 0.109 | 0.171 | 0.525 | −0.227 | 0.445 |
Mediator: SDS R2 = 0.643, F(3,235) = 180.88, p < 0.0001 | |||||
SGABS | 0.020 | 0.044 | 0.656 | −0.067 | 0.106 |
STAI | 0.653 | 0.042 | <0.0001 | 0.570 | 0.735 |
BMI | −0.100 | 0.083 | 0.229 | −0.263 | 0.063 |
Mediator: DEBQe R2 = 0.186, F(4,234) = 13.03, p < 0.0001 | |||||
SGABS | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.387 | −0.007 | 0.017 |
STAI | 0.026 | 0.009 | 0.004 | 0.008 | 0.043 |
SDS | 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.933 | −0.016 | 0.017 |
BMI | 0.013 | 0.120 | 0.299 | −0.011 | 0.036 |
Criterion: mYFAS2 R2 = 0.334, F(5,233) = 14.51, p < 0.0001 | |||||
SGABS | 0.015 | 0.013 | 0.242 | −0.010 | 0.040 |
STAI | 0.001 | 0.018 | 0.964 | −0.035 | 0.037 |
SDS | 0.037 | 0.022 | 0.092 | −0.006 | 0.079 |
DEBQe | 0.947 | 0.194 | <0.0001 | 0.565 | 1.328 |
BMI | 0.105 | 0.026 | .0001 | 0.054 | 0.157 |
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Nolan, L.J.; Jenkins, S.M. Food Addiction Is Associated with Irrational Beliefs via Trait Anxiety and Emotional Eating. Nutrients 2019, 11, 1711. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11081711
Nolan LJ, Jenkins SM. Food Addiction Is Associated with Irrational Beliefs via Trait Anxiety and Emotional Eating. Nutrients. 2019; 11(8):1711. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11081711
Chicago/Turabian StyleNolan, Laurence J., and Steve M. Jenkins. 2019. "Food Addiction Is Associated with Irrational Beliefs via Trait Anxiety and Emotional Eating" Nutrients 11, no. 8: 1711. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11081711
APA StyleNolan, L. J., & Jenkins, S. M. (2019). Food Addiction Is Associated with Irrational Beliefs via Trait Anxiety and Emotional Eating. Nutrients, 11(8), 1711. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11081711