Self-directed behaviors differentially explain associations between emotion dysregulation and eating disorder psychopathology in patients with or without objective binge-eating

Table 2 Simple mediation models examining the hypothesized model and an alternative model in EDs without OBE (n = 439) and EDs with OBE (n = 560), using standardized variables and 99% CI:s using 10,000 bootstrap samples. All models adjusted for age and BMI

Group	Path a	Path b	Total effect (c)	Indirect effect (ab)	99% CI	Direct effect (c´)	Model R²
Hypothesized direction (DERS Total - > SASB Affiliation - > EDE-Q Global)
Non-OBE EDs	−.718^***	−.631^***	.451^***	.453	.351–.564	−.002 (n.s.)	.414^***
OBE EDs	−.654^***	−.479^***	.417^***	.313	.221–.419	.104^*	.304^***
Alternative direction (SASB Affiliation - > DERS Total - > EDE-Q Global)
Non-OBE EDs	−.709^***	−.002 (n.s.)	−.630^***	.002	−.089–.095	−.631^***	.414^***
OBE EDs	−.652^***	.104^*	−.547^***	−.068	−.152–.013	−.479^***	.304^***

BMI body mass index, DERS Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, CI confidence interval, ED eating disorder; EDE-Q Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, OBE objective binge-eating episode, SASB Structural Analysis of Social Behavior
^*p < .05; ^***p < .001

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