Table 4.

Bootstrap analysis of multiple mediation effects

	Effect size	SE	LLCI	ULCI
X1 (social support)
Total	0.494	0.060	0.375	0.612
Direct	0.208	0.061	0.088	0.328
Total indirect	0.286	0.043	0.207	0.377
Indirect effect (M1=helplessness)	0.122	0.030	0.068	0.186
Indirect effect (M2=internality)	0.163	0.032	0.108	0.230
(C1)	-0.041	0.043	-0.127	0.043
X2 (health literacy)
Total	1.723	0.139	1.449	1.996
Direct	0.942	0.259	0.432	1.453
Total indirect	0.780	0.217	0.373	1.218
Indirect effect (M1=helplessness)	0.350	0.119	0.127	0.599
Indirect effect (M2=internality)	0.430	0.143	0.161	0.720
(C1)	-0.080	0.148	-0.374	0.216

Note: C1=helplessness minus internality.

LLCI, Lower Level Confidence Interval; ULCI, Upper Level Confidence Interval.