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. 2023 Mar 22;14:1120925. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1120925

Table 3.

Mediation effect test based on Bootstrap.

Effect Boot SE Boot LLCI Boot ULCI Ratio of indirect to total effect
Total effect 0.397 0.032 0.403 0.530
Direct effect 0.260 0.035 0.240 0.377 65.49%
Total indirect effect 0.137 0.018 0.125 0.197 34.51%
Indirect effect Indirect effect 1 0.068 0.014 0.053 0.108 17.13%
Indirect effect 2 0.059 0.012 0.046 0.092 14.86%
Indirect effect 3 0.010 0.003 0.006 0.018 2.52%
Compare 1 0.011 0.020 −0.026 0.052
Compare 2 0.068 0.014 0.042 0.097
Compare 3 0.056 0.012 0.034 0.081

Boot SE and Boot LLCI and Boot ULCI, respectively, refer to the standard error of effect and lower and upper limits of 95% confidence interval estimated by Bootstrap deviation correction method. Indirect effect 1: Physical exercise→social-emotional competency→social adaptability; Indirect effect 2: Physical exercise→self-esteem→social adaptability; Indirect effect 3: Physical exercise→social-emotional competency→self-esteem→social adaptability.