Results
weight gain, disordered eating and pregnancy portrayal, eating disorder
REGRESSION, REGRESSIONS
According to the guidelines of the EAT-26, 95 women (67.4%) had lower levels of DE, and 43 women (30.5%) had higher levels of DE and would qualify for a referral to an eating disorder specialist. A series of hierarchal regressions were used to test if the presence of DE and the presentation of either modified or unmodified social media portrayals of pregnancy significantly predicted young women’s attitudes toward potential pregnancy, perceived self-efficacy during pregnancy, attitudes toward gestational weight gain, and body image when considering a potential pregnancy. For each hierarchal regression, we entered in Step 1 pregnancy portrayal and centered versions (based on scale means) of DE thoughts and DE behaviors. In Step 2, we entered the two two-way interactions between pregnancy portrayal and DE thoughts and pregnancy portrayal and DE behaviors. The first regression examined the effects on attitudes toward potential pregnancy. No main effects or two-way interactions were observed.The second regression examined if DE and pregnancy portrayal significantly predicted young women’s perceived self-efficacy to have healthy eating habits throughout future pregnancy. There was a main effect for pregnancy portrayal, A third regression was performed to test if disordered eating and pregnancy portrayal predicted young women’s attitudes toward gestational weight gain. There was a main effect for DE thoughts, A fourth regression examined the influence of disordered eating and pregnancy portrayal on young women’s body image when considering a future pregnancy. There was a main effect for DE thoughts, 