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Table 5 Overview of direct and indirect effects of agreeableness on disordered eating in our cohort of female exercisers (N = 295)

From: Relationships between personality traits and disordered eating among Chinese female exercisers: the role of symptoms of exercise dependence and obsessive-compulsiveness

 

Standardized coefficient

SE

Bootstrapping 95% CI

 
   

Lower

Upper

Direct effect

− 0.137

0.039

− 0.177

− 0.022

Indirect effect

    

Path 1

− 0.000

0.005

− 0.009

0.011

Agreeableness

    

↓

    

Exercise Dependence symptoms

    

↓

    

Disordered eating

    

Path2

− 0.041

0.022

− 0.088

− 0.001

Agreeableness

    

↓

    

Obsessive–Compulsive symptoms

    

↓

    

Disordered eating

    

Path3

− 0.001

0.008

− 0.018

0.013

Agreeableness

    

↓

    

Exercise Dependence

    

↓

    

Obsessive–Compulsive symptoms

    

↓

    

Disordered eating

    

Total effect

− 0.130

0.042

− 0.212

− 0.048

  1. Age and educational level were controlled for the model; SE Standard error, CI Confidence interval