The mediating effect of dysmorphic concern in the association between avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and suicidal ideation in adults

Table 3 Mediation analysis results, taking avoidant restrictive eating as the independent variable, dysmorphic concern as the mediator and the presence/absence of suicidal ideation as the dependent variable

	Direct effect			Indirect effect
	Beta	SE	p	Beta	Boot SE	Boot CI
Nightmares distress	.01	.01	.278	.02	.01	.01; .03^a

^aindicates significant mediation. Direct effect refers to the direct association between avoidant restrictive eating and the presence of suicidal ideation without the effect of the mediator, whereas the indirect effect refers to the same association through the mediator (dysmorphic concern)

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