Identifying overcontrol and undercontrol personality types among young people using the five factor model, and the relationship with disordered eating behaviour, anxiety and depression

Gilmartin, Tanya; Dipnall, Joanna F.; Gurvich, Caroline; Sharp, Gemma

doi:10.1186/s40337-024-00967-4

Journal of Eating Disorders

Table 4 Results of linear regression analysis using 3-cluster membership to predict eating pathology, depression, anxiety and stress

From: Identifying overcontrol and undercontrol personality types among young people using the five factor model, and the relationship with disordered eating behaviour, anxiety and depression

	Predictor	b	SE	beta	t	p value	Part r	Partial r
EDE-QS
Block 1	(Constant)	8.81	0.59		14.88	< 0.001
	OC^a	4.40	0.86	0.23	5.12	< 0.001	0.21	0.21
	UC^a	6.01	0.89	0.31	6.77	< 0.001	0.27	0.27
Fit	R² = 0.08, F(2,566) = 25.46, p < 0.001
Block 2	(Constant)	7.94	2.18		3.64	< 0.001
	OC^a	3.86	0.85	0.20	4.56	< 0.001	0.19	0.18
	UC^a	6.08	0.87	0.31	6.97	< 0.001	0.28	0.28
	Age	− 0.08	0.09	− 0.03	− 0.83	0.408	− 0.04	− 0.03
	Female^b	3.98	0.79	0.21	5.06	< 0.001	0.21	0.20
	Gender diverse^b	− 1.25	2.74	− 0.02	− 0.46	0.648	− 0.02	− 0.02
Fit	R² = 0.12, F(5,563) = 16.26, p < 0.001
Difference	ΔR² = 0.04
DASS-21 Depression
Block 1	(Constant)	9.71	0.78		12.46	< 0.001
	OC^a	13.02	1.13	0.48	11.52	< 0.001	0.43	0.44
	UC^a	11.65	1.17	0.42	9.94	< 0.001	0.37	0.39
Fit	R² = 0.22, F(2,566) = 80.12, p < 0.001
Block 2	(Constant)	9.62	2.94		3.27	0.001
	OC^a	13.07	1.14	0.48	11.43	< 0.001	0.43	0.43
	UC^a	11.69	1.18	0.42	9.92	< 0.001	0.37	0.39
	Age	0.01	0.12	0.00	0.07	0.944	0.00	0.00
	Female^b	− 0.13	1.06	− 0.01	− 0.13	0.900	− 0.01	− 0.01
	Gender diverse^b	− 2.51	3.70	− 0.03	− 0.68	0.497	− 0.03	− 0.03
Fit	R² = 0.21, F(5,563) = 32.00, p < 0.001
Difference	ΔR² = 0.00
Dass-21 anxiety
Block 1	(Constant)	9.57	0.73		13.04	< 0.001
	OC^a	9.27	1.06	0.38	8.71	< 0.001	0.34	0.34
	UC^a	8.83	1.10	0.35	8.00	< 0.001	0.31	0.32
Fit	R² = 0.14, F(2,569) = 48.10, p < 0.001
Block 2	(Constant)	13.75	2.76		4.99	< 0.001
	OC^a	8.67	1.11	0.34	7.85	< 0.001	0.30	0.31
	UC^a	9.04	1.07	0.37	8.43	< 0.001	0.33	0.33
	Age	− 0.22	0.12	− 0.08	− 1.92	0.056	− 0.07	− 0.08
	Female^b	1.23	1.00	0.05	1.23	0.218	0.05	0.05
	Gender diverse^b	2.24	3.48	0.03	0.64	0.520	0.03	0.03
Fit	R² = 0.15, F(5,566) = 20.33, p < 0.001
Difference	ΔR² = 0.01
DASS-21 stress
Block 1	(Constant)	12.33	0.90		13.77	< 0.001
	OC^a	3.71	1.35	0.13	2.74	0.006	0.11	0.11
	UC^a	9.56	1.05	0.43	9.14	< 0.001	0.36	0.36
Fit	R² = 0.14, F(2,569) = 46.19, p < 0.001
Block 2	(Constant)	6.83	2.67		2.55	0.011
	OC^a	4.24	1.36	0.15	3.12	0.002	0.12	0.13
	UC^a	9.41	1.05	0.43	8.97	< 0.001	0.35	0.35
	Age	0.18	0.11	0.06	1.60	0.110	0.06	0.07
	Female^b	2.29	0.95	0.10	2.40	0.017	0.09	0.10
	Gender diverse^b	2.46	3.26	0.03	0.75	0.451	0.03	0.03
Fit	R² = 0.15, F(5,566) = 20.46, p < 0.001
Difference	ΔR² = 0.01

b unstandardized regression estimate, beta standardized regression estimate, SE standard error, r correlation coefficient
^aReference category = Resilient group
^bReference category = being male

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