Table 4 Standardised coefficients from analyses testing indirect effect pathways from insecure attachment to NSSI and ED symptoms for the ED and the community groups

Eating Disorder Group

Pathway

ß

99% CIs

Anxious → cluster B → impulse → bulimia

.06

.02, .14

Anxious → cluster B → instability → body dissatisfaction → bulimia

.01

.00, .05

Anxious → cluster C → instability → body dissatisfaction → bulimia

.02

.00, .05

Anxious → cluster C → self-esteem → body dissatisfaction → bulimia

.05

.01, .12

Anxious → cluster B → impulse → body dissatisfaction → bulimia

.02

.00, .05

Avoidant → cluster B → self-esteem → bulimia

.04

.01, .11

Avoidant → cluster B → instability → body dissatisfaction → bulimia

.01

.00, .04

Avoidant → cluster C → instability → body dissatisfaction → bulimia

.01

.00, .04

Avoidant → cluster C → self-esteem → body dissatisfaction → bulimia

.03

.01, .10

Avoidant → cluster B → impulse → body dissatisfaction → bulimia

.01

.00, .03

Anxious → cluster C → self-esteem → drive for thinness

.10

.02, .22

Anxious → cluster B → instability → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.02

.01, .07

Anxious → cluster C → instability → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.03

.01, .07

Anxious → cluster C → self-esteem → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.07

.03, .16

Anxious → cluster B → impulsivity → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.02

.01, .07

Avoidant → cluster C → self-esteem → drive for thinness

.07

.01, .17

Avoidant → cluster B → instability → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.02

.00, .05

Avoidant → cluster C → instability → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.02

.00, .05

Avoidant → cluster C → self-esteem → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.05

.01, .13

Avoidant → cluster B → impulsivity → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.02

.00, .05

Anxious → cluster B → instability → NSSI

.04

.01, .14

Anxious → cluster C → instability → NSSI

.05

.01, .14

Avoidant → cluster B → instability → NSSI

.03

.00, .09

Avoidant → cluster C → instability → NSSI

.04

.01, .10

Community Group

Anxious → self-esteem → bulimia

.03

.01, .06

Anxious → cluster C → self-esteem → bulimia

.03

.01, .06

Anxious → cluster B → impulse → bulimia

.04

.02, .07

Anxious → self-esteem → body dissatisfaction → bulimia

.04

.02, .06

Anxious → cluster C → self-esteem → body dissatisfaction → bulimia

.04

.02, .06

Anxious → self-esteem → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.06

.03, .10

Anxious → Cluster C → self-esteem → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.06

.04, .10

Anxious → cluster B → impulse → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.02

.01, .04

Anxious → instability → NSSI

.04

.01, .08

Anxious → cluster C → NSSI

.08

.01, .16

Anxious → Cluster B → instability → NSSI

.02

.01, .05

Anxious → Cluster C → instability → NSSI

.02

.01, .05

Anxious → Cluster B → self-esteem → NSSI

.03

.01, .06

Avoidant → cluster C → self-esteem → bulimia

.01

.00, .03

Avoidant → cluster B → impulse → bulimia

.02

.01, .05

Avoidant → Cluster C → self-esteem → body dissatisfaction → bulimia

.01

.00, .02

Avoidant → Cluster C → self-esteem → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.02

.00, .04

Avoidant → Cluster B → impulse → body dissatisfaction → drive for thinness

.01

.00, .03

Avoidant → cluster C → NSSI

.03

.00, .07

Avoidant → Cluster B → instability → NSSI

.01

.00, .03

Avoidant → Cluster C → instability → NSSI

.01

.00, .02

Avoidant → Cluster B → impulse → NSSI

.02

.00, .04