Binge Eating Disorder Mediates Links between Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Caloric Intake in Overweight and Obese Women

Table 3

Standardized effects coefficients, standard errors, and corresponding 𝑃 values for mediation models.

Predictor	Mediator	Total effect			Direct effect			Indirect (mediated) effect
		𝛽	SE	𝑃 value^a	𝛽	SE	𝑃 value^a	𝛽	SE	𝑃 value^a	Empirical 𝑃 value^b
Model 1
Depression	BED	0.409	0.150	0.006	0.212	0.183	0.247	0.197	0.101	0.052	0.0008
Anxiety	BED	0.399	0.136	0.003	0.187	0.181	0.301	0.212	0.106	0.046	0.0009
Model 2
BED	Depression	−0.508	0.136	<0.001	−0.404	0.182	0.027	−0.103	0.096	0.282	—
BED	Anxiety	−0.508	0.136	<0.001	−0.411	0.168	0.014	−0.096	0.099	0.329	—

^aCorresponding to the two-tailed test statistics for models run with sample data.
^bCorresponding to the two-tailed test statistics for a series of analyses with 10,000 permuted datasets.
Note: BED: binge eating disorder, signs of effects reflect coding of BED status as 1 and control as 2 in all analyses.