Table 2. The Relationship between Personality Traits and Self-Regulation of Eating Attitudes in Dancers and the Indirect Effect of Internalization of Thinness Norms
| Predictor |
Mediator |
Outcome |
a path coef |
b path coef |
c' path coef |
Mean indirect effect |
SE |
BC 95% CI mean effect |
| Neuroticism |
ITN |
SREA |
.41*** |
-.22*** |
-.32*** |
-.09 |
.04 |
-.18, -.03 |
| Agreeableness |
ITN |
SREA |
-.35 |
-.25*** |
.29 † |
.09 |
.05 |
-.00, .21 |
| Extraversion |
ITN |
SREA |
.20 |
-.26*** |
-.02 |
-.05 |
.04 |
-.13, .01 |
| Conscientiousness |
ITN |
SREA |
-.01 |
-.26*** |
-.11 |
.00 |
.05 |
-.12, .09 |
| Openness |
ITN |
SREA |
.08 |
-.26*** |
-.10 |
-.02 |
.05 |
-.13, .08 |
† p = .07* p < .05** p < .01*** p < .001.ITN: Internalization of thinness norms; SREA: Self-regulation of eating attitudes; SE: Standard error; BC 95% CI: Bias corrected 95% confidence interval† p = .07* p < .05ITN: Internalization of thinness norms; SREA: Self-regulation of eating attitudes; SE: Standard error; BC 95% CI: Bias corrected 95% confidence interval** p < .01*** p < .001.
