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Table 2 Direct effects of HRQoL on (a) exogenous measures (b) food choice factors (mediated measures) and (c) exogenous measures on food choice factors

From: The mediating effect of food choice upon associations between adolescent health-related quality of life and physical activity, social media use and abstinence from alcohol

 

Physical Wellbeing (PhW) on

Psychological Wellbeing (PsyW) on

Mood and Emotion (ME) on

Self-Perception (SP) on

Autonomy on

Parent Relations/Home Life (PR/HL) on

Financial Resources (FR) on

Social Support and Peers (SSP) on

School Environment (SE) on

 

Exogenous direct effects on HRQoL

 

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Sex

0.023

(0.023

0.200

(0.057)***

0.353

(0.048)***

0.881

(0.070)***

0.264

(0.057)***

0.119

(0.069)

0.082

(0.072)

-0.180

(0.060)**

-0.001

(0.065)

Physical Activity

0.365

(0.052)***

0.335

(0.040)***

0.160

(0.033)***

0.278

(0.041)***

0.238

(0.036)***

0.159

(0.042)***

0.206

(0.039)***

0.381

(0.033)***

0.242

(0.044)***

Social Media Use

-0.007

(0.004)

-0.032

(0.010)**

-0.040

(0.009)***

-0.072

(0.014)***

0.019

(0.013)

-0.035

(0.012)**

0.006

(0.014)

0.025

(0.013)*

-0.070

(0.013)***

Alcohol Abstinence

-0.050

(0.021)*

-0.177

(0.047)***

-0.152

(0.043)***

-0.182

(0.065)**

-0.073

(0.054)

-0.226

(0.061)***

-0.085

(0.058)

-0.052

(0.048)

-0.399

(0.060)***

 

The direct effects of food choice factors (mediating measure) on HRQoL

Junk

0.025 (0.035)

-0.131

(0.072)

-0.144 (0.072)*

-0.111

(0.089)

0.149

(0.090)

-0.104

(0.093)

-0.109 (0.096)

0.082 (0.088)

-0.160 (0.097)

Meat

-0.025 (0.029)

0.115

(0.051)*

1.135 (0.054)***

0.137 (0.072)*

-0.024

(0.066)

0.095

(0.074)

0.037 (0.079)

0.022 (0.062)

-0.028 (0.077)

Protein

-0.026 (0.037)

-0.211 (0.095)*

-0.391 (0.094)***

-0.369 (0.130)**

-0.188

(0.100)

-0.357

(0.113)*

-0.385 (0.134)**

-0.297 (0.106)**

-0.177 (0.120)

Fruit and Veg

0.021 (0.022)

0.036

(0.051)

0.125 (0.049)*

0.078

(0.060)

0.094

(0.057)

0.141

(0.059)*

0.192 (0.075)**

0.147 (0.058)*

0.099 (0.071)

Bread/Diary

0.070 (0.028)*

0.097

(0.062)

0.000 (0.057)

0.083

(0.075)

0.010

(0.060)

0.046

(0.071)

-0.021 (0.072)

0.042 (0.064)

0.100 (0.079)

 

Exogenous direct effects on food choice factors

 

Junk

Meat

Protein

Fruit and Veg

Bread + Diary

    
 

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

    

Sex

0.202

(0.033)***

0.284

(0.054)***

0.014

(0.032)

-0.463

(0.058)***

0.005

(0.056)

    

Physical Activity

-0.106

(0.023)***

-0.000

(0.038)

0.138

(0.023)***

0.376

(0.036)***

0.208

(0.038)***

    

Social Media Use

0.060

(0.009)***

0.082

(0.012)***

0.012

(0.008)

-0.036

(0.011)**

0.002

(0.013)

    

Alcohol Abstinence

0.101

(0.033)**

0.055

(0.047)

0.068

(0.026)**

0.016

(0.052)

0.041

(0.059)

    
  1. Note: *Est/SE ≥ 1.96, indicating statistical significance at 0.05 level; **Est/SE of ≈ > 2.57 indicating statistical significant at 0.01 level; ***Est/SE of ≈ > 3.30 indicating statistical significant at 0.001 level. Two-sided test; standard error (SE), estimate (Est)
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