Table 4.

Results of mediating effect test

Path	Effect types	Effect value	Boot SE	Boot LLCI	Boot ULCI
Path 1: Emotional Empathy→ Emotional Intelligence→ COVID-19-related stress	Indirect effect	-0.023	0.006	-0.034	-0.013
	Direct effect	0.071	0.014	0.043	0.098
	Total effect	0.048	0.014	0.020	0.075
Path 2: Emotional Empathy→ Emotional Attention→ COVID-19-related stress	Indirect effect	-0.021	0.005	-0.032	-0.012
	Direct effect	0.069	0.014	0.041	0.096
	Total effect	0.048	0.014	0.020	0.075
Path 3: Emotional Empathy→ Emotional Clarity→ COVID-19-related stress	Indirect effect	-0.017	0.005	-0.026	-0.009
	Direct effect	0.065	0.014	0.037	0.092
	Total effect	0.048	0.014	0.020	0.075
Path 4: Emotional Empathy→ Emotional Repair→ COVID-19-related stress	Indirect effect	-0.018	0.005	-0.028	-0.009
	Direct effect	0.066	0.014	0.038	0.093
	Total effect	0.048	0.014	0.020	0.075