Attachment style and post-bariatric surgery health behaviours: the mediating role of self-esteem and health self-efficacy

Table 2 Zero-order correlations and descriptive statistics between study variables

		M	SD
1	Self-esteem 12 m post-op	22.91	5.17	--
2	Self-efficacy for eating 24 m post-op	74.33	19.19	0.28**	--
3	Eating self-management 24 m post-op	61.63	18.98	0.03	0.25**	--
4	Self-efficacy to exercise 24 m post-op	34.70	5.68	0.24**	0.27**	0.10	--
5	Physical activity 24 m post-op	204.01	155.69	0.07	0.12	0.12	0.34**	--
6	Avoidant attachment style (pre-op)	20.91	8.65	− 0.39**	− 0.10	0.04	− 0.05	− 0.04	--
7	Anxious attachment style (pre-op)	23.19	10.88	− 0.49**	− 0.25**	0.06	− 0.11	0.06	0.47**	--
8	Age (pre-op)	47.73	10.45	0.10	0.001	− 0.04	− 0.07	0.06	0.07	− 0.03	--
9	Gender	0.76	0.43	− 0.13*	− 0.07	0	0.04	0.02	− 0.14*	0.01	− 0.21**	--
10	BMI pre-op	38.98	3.60	0.07	0.05	0.10	0.06	0.11	0.03	− 0.03	− 0.15*	− 0.01	--
11	BMI 12 m post-op	27.51	3.50	0.12*	0.04	0.01	− 0.01	0.07	− 0.06	− 0.14*	0.11	− 0.16**	0.67**	--
12	BMI 24 m post-op	27.75	3.89	0.14*	− 0.02	− 0.02	− 0.02	0.08	− 0.10	− 0.12*	0.06	− 0.20**	0.61**	0.92**	--

Notes.
Statistically significant correlations are marked with * = p < .05. ** =p < .01.
N = 263, except for Eating self-efficacy and BMI at 24 m post-operation (n = 261).
Spearman’s Rank-Order Correlation reported for Gender.

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