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Table 2 Correlations between the studied variables among the university students (N = 968)

From: Sequentially mediated effects of weight-related self-stigma and psychological distress in the association between perceived weight stigma and food addiction among Taiwanese university students: A cross-sectional study

    

r (p-value)

   
 

Age

Gender

BMI

PWSQ

WSSQ

DASS-21

YFAS 2.0

Age

–

      

Gender

 − 0.03 (0.30)

–

     

BMI

0.09 (0.01)

0.30 (< 0.001)

–

    

PWSQ

0.04 (0.23)

0.26 (< 0.001)

0.20 (< 0.001)

–

   

WSSQ

0.08 (0.01)

0.01 (0.71)

0.36 (< 0.001)

0.23 (< 0.001)

–

  

DASS-21

0.09 (0.003)

0.08 (0.01)

0.14 (< 0.001)

0.35 (< 0.001)

0.52 (< 0.001)

–

 

YFAS 2.0

0.07 (0.04)

0.05 (0.13)

0.17 (< 0.001)

0.20 (< 0.001)

0.56 (< 0.001)

0.54 (< 0.001)

–

  1. Cronbach’s alpha = 0.91 (YFAS 2.0); 0.92 (PWSQ); 0.94 (WSSQ); 0.97 (DASS-21)
  2. PWSQ Perceived Weight Stigma Questionnaire (10 items); WSSQ Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire (12 items); DASS-21 Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-21 (21 items); YFAS 2.0 Yale Food Addiction Scale Version 2 (35 items)