Childhood hyperactivity, eating behaviours, and executive functions: Their association with the development of eating-disorder symptoms in adolescence

Table 3 Predictive Results

Predictors	b	SE	β
Direct effects on the intercept factor
Hyperactivity	0.077	0.034*	0.255
Overeating	0.194	0.066**	0.412
Picky Eating	− 0.037	0.043	− 0.092
Working Memory	0.009	0.031	0.022
Cognitive Flexibility	− .0073	0.022**	− .0319
Direct effects on the linear slope factor
Hyperactivity	− 0.030	0.016	− 0.200
Overeating	0.015	0.032	0.063
Picky Eating	0.026	0.022	0.128
Working Memory	− 0.013	0.016	− 0.070
Cognitive Flexibility	0.024	0.011*	0.213
Direct effects on the quadratic slope factor
Hyperactivity	0.002	0.002	0.109
Overeating	− 0.002	0.004	− 0.069
Picky Eating	− 0.002	0.003	− 0.082
Working Memory	0.002	0.002	0.076
Cognitive Flexibility	− 0.002	0.001	− 0.138
Direct effects on overeating
Hyperactivity	0.208	0.026**	0.324
Working Memory	− 0.042	0.029	− 0.050
Direct effects on picky eating
Hyperactivity	0.195	0.027**	0.262
Working Memory	− 0.056	0.041*	− 0.059
Direct effects on cognitive flexibility
Hyperactivity	– 0.171	0.043**	− 0.130
Working Memory	0.171	0.051**	0.101

* p ≤ .05; ** p ≤ .01; b = unstandardized regression coefficient; SE = standard error of the coefficient; β = standardized regression coefficient

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