Online media exposure and weight and fitness management app use correlate with disordered eating symptoms: evidence from the mainland of China

Table 5 The moderated mediation effect of disordered eating cognition on the relationship between app use behaviors and disordered eating behaviors

Predictors	(Regression 1) DE behaviors	(Regression 2) DE cognition	(Regression 3) DE behaviors
(Intercept)	5.626***	1.249***	6.198***
	(0.432)	(0.045)	(0.419)
Age	0.331	− 0.015	0.362
	(0.502)	(0.046)	(0.440)
Education years	− 0.006	0.003	− 0.002
	(0.191)	(0.017)	(0.165)
BMI	0.127	0.089***	− 0.371**
	(0.121)	(0.011)	(0.115)
App use behaviors	1.268***	0.139***	0.332*
	(0.170)	(0.018)	(0.166)
sex		− 0.209***	1.342**
		(0.047)	(0.446)
App use behaviors × sex		− 0.064***
		(0.018)
DE cognition			5.532***
			(0.426)
R²	0.110	0.337	0.340
Adj. R²	0.103	0.329	0.331
Num. obs	495	495	495

Unstandardized regression coefficients are displayed, with standard errors in parentheses
For short, weight and fitness management app use behaviors are described as app use behaviors, and DE denotes disordered eating
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001

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