Table 4.
Bayesian moderated indirect effect analysis: type of surgery
| Path | Posterior | SD | 95% | 95% | Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indirect effects | M | Lower | Upper | ||
| bound | bound | ||||
| The effect of type of surgery in the relationship between denial and distress, indirect effect by body image | |||||
| Distress ← Body image ← Denial | 0.12* | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.17 | Positive and significant |
| Distress ← Body image ← Type | 0.02 | 0.07 | –0.11 | 0.15 | Not significant |
| of surgery × Denial | |||||
| Distress ← Body image ← Type | 0.03* | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.05 | Positive and significant |
| of surgery | |||||
| Note. Posterior predictive value is .50; number of samples for convergence is 13.81; DIC = 980.36; N = 4673; *statistically significant. | |||||
| The effect of type of surgery in the relationship between humor and distress, indirect effect by body image | |||||
| Distress ← Body image ← Humor | 0.16* | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.21 | Positive and significant |
| Distress ← Body image ← Type | 0.03 | 0.09 | –0.15 | 0.22 | Not significant |
| of surgery × Humor | |||||
| Distress ← Body image ← Type | 0.04* | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | Positive and significant |
| of surgery | |||||
| Note.Posterior predictive value is .50; number of samples for convergence is 13.65; DIC = 1,039.70; N= 4643; *statistically significant. | |||||
| The effect of type of surgery in the relationship between optimism and distress, indirect effect by body image | |||||
| Distress ← Body image ← Optimism | 0.26* | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.23 | Positive and significant |
| Distress ← Body image ← Type | –0.07 | 0.08 | –0.24 | 0.08 | Not significant |
| of surgery × Optimism | |||||
| Distress ← Body image ← Type | 0.03* | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | Positive and significant |
| of surgery | |||||
| Note.Posterior predictive value is .50; number of samples for convergence is 13.59; DIC = 1,218.31; N= 4717; *statistically significant. | |||||
| The effect of type of surgery in the relationship between illness duration and distress, indirect effect by body image | |||||
| Distress ← Body image ← Illness | 0.11* | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.17 | Positive and significant |
| duration | |||||
| Distress ← Body image ← Type | 0.10 | 0.07 | –0.04 | 0.25 | Not significant |
| of surgery × Illness duration | |||||
| Distress ← Body image ← Type | 0.04* | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | Positive and significant |
| of surgery | |||||
| Note.Posterior predictive value is .50; number of samples for convergence is 13.55; DIC = 943.17; N= 4717; *statistically significant. | |||||