Table 5.

Emotional-eating Prediction Models Using (A) CTQ Total and (B) CTQ-ea.

A. Predictor: CTQ Total Direct Effects Mediator Moderated Mediator

β SE P β SE P β SE P
Age −0.003 0.007 0.73 −0.001 0.007 0.87 −0.001 0.007 0.92

Gender 0.384 0.111 0.001 0.255 0.114 0.024 0.264 0.115 0.02

Total trauma score 0.011 0.005 0.021 0.004 0.005 0.48 0.004 0.006 0.52

War exposure −0.013 0.023 0.58 −0.063 0.025 0.012 −0.066 0.024 0.007

PTSD -- -- -- 0.018 0.004 <0.001 0.017 0.005 <0.001

War exposure by PTSD -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.001 0.001 0.57

Model
F 4.55 7.73 6.28
P 0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 R2 0.063 0.126 0.178

B. Predictor: CTQ-ea Direct Effects Mediator Moderated Mediator

β SE P β SE P β SE P

Age −0.001 0.007 0.85 −0.001 0.007 0.91 0.001 0.007 0.96

Gender 0.349 0.113 0.002 0.246 0.113 0.030 0.254 0.113 0.026

Emotional abuse 0.043 0.015 0.005 0.017 0.016 0.30 0.018 0.022 0.41

War exposure −0.013 0.022 0.55 −0.061 0.025 0.014 −0.081 0.038 0.035

PTSD -- -- -- 0.018 0.004 <0.001 0.013 0.008 0.11

War exposure by PTSD -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.001 0.002 0.55

Model
F 5.23 7.86 6.36
P <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 R2 0.072 0.128 0.130

--, not applicable; β, beta coefficient (the slope of the regression line); CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ-ea, CTQ emotional abuse sub-scale; F, model F-statistic; P, model-adjusted significance level; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; R2, coefficient of determination, proportion of variance explained by the independent variables; SE, standard error of the slope.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2025; 16(3): e0015. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2025 July 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10550