Table 2.
Bayesian SEM results: indirect effect analysis
| M | SE | SD | CS | Credible interval | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% | 95% | ||||||
| Lower bound | Upper bound | ||||||
| Regression weights | |||||||
| Body image ← Optimism | –0.54* | 0.01 | 0.14 | 1.00 | –0.82 | –0.26 | |
| Distress ← Body image | 0.20* | 0.00 | 0.09 | 1.00 | 0.01 | 0.37 | |
| Distress ← Optimism | –0.39* | 0.00 | 0.09 | 1.00 | –0.57 | –0.21 | |
| Distress ← Denial | 0.75* | 0.01 | 0.30 | 1.00 | 0.17 | 1.36 | |
| Distress ← Humor | –0.24 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 1.00 | –0.63 | 0.14 | |
| Body image ← Humor | –0.45 | 0.01 | 0.34 | 1.00 | –1.11 | 0.20 | |
| Body image ← Denial | 2.20* | 0.01 | 0.39 | 1.00 | 1.45 | 2.98 | |
| Path | Posterior | SD | Credible interval | Conclusion | |||
| M | 95% | 95% | |||||
| Lower bound | Upper bound | ||||||
| Indirect effects | |||||||
| Distress ← Body image ← Illness duration | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | Positive and significant | ||
| Distress ← Body image ← Optimism | –0.10 | 0.05 | –0.22 | –0.01 | Negative and significant | ||
| Distress ← Body image ← Humor | –0.04 | 0.07 | –0.11 | 0.02 | Not significant | ||
| Distress ← Body image ← Denial | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.29 | Positive and significant | ||
Note. Posterior predictive value is .50 and number of samples for convergence is 25.58; N = 4000; *statistically significant (i.e., the 95% credible interval does not include zero); SE – standard error; CS – convergence statistic.