Does psychological functioning mediate the relationship between bullying involvement and weight loss preoccupation in adolescents? A two-stage cross-sectional study

Table 4 Fit indices (FI) for each specified model for bullies, victims and bully-victims

^aModel 1 was the unadjusted model i.e., Fig. 3
^bModel 2 was adjusted for sex, BMI, pubertal stage, age, parental education and ethnicity; i.e., direct paths between each variable and weight loss preoccupation were included
^cThe Lagrange Multiplier test was used to estimate which parameters should be included to improve model fits. Additional parameters included in model 3 were indirect paths between sex, pubertal stage and BMI percentile on weight loss preoccupation via psychological functioning and error covariance between body-esteem and weight loss preoccupation

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