Table 4 Regression models investigating relationships between internet-related behaviors and psychological distress among children with or without overweight.

From: Psychological distress and internet-related behaviors between schoolchildren with and without overweight during the COVID-19 outbreak

 

Coefficient (SE)/Standardized coefficient

Fear of COVID infection

Stress

Anxiety

Depression

Group without overweight

Age

−0.016 (0.101)/−0.005

−0.033 (0.061)/−0.013

0.017 (0.048)/0.009

−0.072 (0.055)/−0.033

Gender (Ref: boys)

−0.372 (0.229)/−0.051

−0.141 (0.139)/−0.025

0.116 (0.109)/0.027

−0.089 (0.124)/−0.018

Perceived weight stigma

0.279 (0.065)/0.138***

0.426 (0.040)/0.274***

0.382 (0.032)/0.320***

0.398 (0.036)/0.293***

PSAU

−0.010 (0.027)/−0.017

0.101 (0.017)/0.226***

0.032 (0.013)/0.092*

0.044 (0.015)/0.113**

PSMU

0.050 (0.04)/0.052

0.068 (0.024)/0.094**

0.049 (0.019)/0.088**

0.085 (0.022)/0.134***

PG

0.018 (0.031)/0.027

0.086 (0.019)/0.168***

0.086 (0.015)/0.221***

0.087 (0.017)/0.194***

R2 (Adj. R2)

0.030 (0.024)

0.335 (0.331)

0.298 (0.294)

0.307 (0.303)

Cohen’s f2

0.031

0.504

0.425

0.443

Group with overweight

Age

0.485 (0.668)/0.050

−0.370 (0.161)/−0.113*

−0.143 (0.114)/−0.064

−0.303 (0.144)/−0.108*

Gender

−1.798 (1.291)/−0.099

0.014 (0.311)/0.002

0.062 (0.219)/0.015

0.021 (0.277)/0.004

Perceived weight stigma

0.592 (0.312)/0.141#

0.346 (0.077)/0.241***

0.345 (0.054)/0.353***

0.442 (0.068)/0.359***

PSAU

−0.093 (0.150)/−0.618

0.178 (0.036)/0.362***

0.107 (0.026)/0.323***

0.129 (0.032)/0.309***

PSMU

−0.232 (0.213)/−0.106

0.287 (0.053)/0.388***

0.130 (0.037)/0.259***

0.157 (0.047)/0.248***

PG

0.286 (0.182)/0.175

−0.115 (0.044)/−0.208**

−0.055 (0.031)/−0.147#

−0.067 (0.039)/−0.140#

R2 (Adj. R2)

0.047 (0.019)

0.451 (0.436)

0.410 (0.394)

0.404 (0.388)

Cohen’s f2

0.049

0.821

0.695

0.678

All participants

Weight (Ref: nonoverweight)

0.297 (0.125)/0.067*

0.108 (0.055)/0.043#

0.008 (0.042)/0.004

0.035 (0.049)/0.016

Age

0.024 (0.128)/0.005

−0.068 (0.058)/−0.026

0.003 (0.044)/0.002

−0.094 (0.051)/−0.042

Gender (Ref: boys)

−0.615 (0.286)/−0.062*

−0.097 (0.128)/−0.017

0.121 (0.098)/0.029

−0.056 (0.113)/−0.011

Perceived weight stigma

0.326 (0.079)/0.122***

0.420 (0.036)/0.275***

0.377 (0.027)/0.330***

0.412 (0.032)/0.310***

PSAU

−0.021 (0.034)/−0.027

0.113 (0.015)/0.246***

0.044 (0.012)/0.129***

0.058 (0.013)/0.145***

PSMU

0.008 (0.049)/0.007

0.105 (0.022)/0.143***

0.061 (0.017)/0.112***

0.097 (0.020)/0.154***

PG

0.057 (0.039)/0.062

0.055 (0.018)/0.105**

0.064 (0.014)/0.165***

0.062 (0.016)/0.138***

R2 (Adj. R2)

0.032 (0.026)

0.348 (0.344)

0.309 (0.305)

0.320 (0.316)

Cohen’s f2

0.033

0.534

0.447

0.471

  1. PSAU problematic smartphone application use, PSMU problematic social media use, PG problematic gaming.
  2. #p < 0.1; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.