Inherited or Behavior? What Causal Beliefs about Obesity Are Associated with Weight Perceptions and Decisions to Lose Weight in a US Sample?
Table 4
Results of structural equation models predicting participants’ decisions to lose weight based on weight misperception grouping.
, ; CFI = .95; RMSEA = .028
Overestimate
Correct
Underestimate
WP
Gender
.03
.03*
−.11**
Race/ethnicity
−.04
−.05**
−.02
MM
.09*
.06***
.07†
Behavior
−.01
.01
.01
Inherited
.01
.07***
−.00
Info-seek
.08*
.12***
.04
Perceived health
Gender
.01
−.01
−.07
Race/ethnicity
.10**
.10***
.05***
MM
−.16***
−.07***
−.07*
Behavior
.09**
.02
.04
Inherited
−.03
−.02
−.06†
Info-seek
.07†
.05**
.12*
WP
−.10**
−.29***
.13***
Lose weight
Gender
.12***
.10***
.07*
Race/ethnicity
.01
.00
.05
Behavior
.03
.03*
.07*
Inherited
.02
.00
−.00
Info-seek
.23***
.17***
.07
WP
.21***
.44***
.23***
Perceived health
.10**
.07***
.05
WP
.02
.03
.02
Perceived health
.06
.11
.06
Lose weight
.13
.24
.07
Behavior: obesity due to behavior; inherited: obesity is inherited; MM: mixed messages about weight and health; info-seek: information-seeking; WP: weight perception; CFI: Confirmatory Fit Index; RMSEA: Root Mean Square Error of Approximation. †≤.10; *≤.05; **≤.01; ***≤.001.
