Table 5.
The mediating effect of psychological flexibility between fatigue and depression in nurses, study conducted in 2015, Henan Province, China
| Variable | Psychological flexibility (a) | Fatigue (b) | Effect | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total (c) | direct (c') | indirect (ab) (95% CI) | |||
| Fatigue severity | –0.918*** | –0.312*** | 3.380*** | 3.094*** | 0.287 (0.150–0.441) |
| Circumstances | –0.192 | –0.393*** | 2.142*** | 2.067*** | 0.075 (–0.128–0.280) |
| Consequences | –0.720*** | –0.344*** | 2.021*** | 1.773*** | 0.248 (0.124–0.395) |
| Rest/Sleep | 0.380* | –0.408*** | 0.150 | 0.305 | –0.155 (–0.329–0.002) |
a – the effect of the independent variable on mediating variable; b – the effect of mediating variable on depression; c – the total effect of the independent variable on depression; c' – the direct effect of the independent variable on depression after the introduction of mediating variable; a × b – the mediating effect of mediating variable between fatigue and depression.
*
p < 0.05;
***
p < 0.001.