Fig. 1

Path diagram of mediation analysis of the effect of Masculinity and Femininity on Eating Disorder Pathology mediated by Muscularity and Thinness Ideals. Analysis controlled for age and sexual orientation. *effect is significant at the 0.05 level; **effect is significant at the 0.01 level.; TMF = Traditional Masculinity-Femininity Scale49, EDE-Q = Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire57, EDY-Q = Eating Disorders in Youth-Questionnaire60, DOS = Duesseldorf Orthorexia Scale62, MDDI = Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (Zeeck et al., 2018), blue path = positive effect, orange path = negative effect, gray path = non-significant effect.