Table 3 Mediation analysis: Direct and indirect effects of perfectionism and MDD, taking orthorexia nervosa and eating attitudes as mediators

Model 1: orthorexia nervosa as the mediator

 Rigid perfectionism

0.18

0.10

0.064

0.22

0.05

0.13; 0.33^a

 Self-critical perfectionism

0.28

0.07

 < 0.001

0.14

0.04

0.07; 0.21^a

 Narcissistic perfectionism

0.04

0.08

0.640

0.24

0.05

0.15; 0.33^a

Model 2: eating attitudes as the mediator

 Rigid perfectionism

0.58

0.11

 < 0.001

-0.18

0.06

-0.30; -0.07^a

 Self-critical perfectionism

0.51

0.08

 < 0.001

-0.10

0.03

-0.17; -0.03^a

 Narcissistic perfectionism

0.33

0.08

 < 0.001

-0.05

0.03

-0.11; 0.001