Table 3.

The mediating role of positive emotion between positive activities and mental health.

	(1)	(2)	(3)
	Mental health	Positive emotion	Mental health
Positive activity	0.0132***	0.0419***	0.0036
	[0.0057, 0.0206]	[0.0291, 0.0547]	[−0.0036, 0.0108]
Positive emotion			0.2281***
			[0.2026, 0.2536]
Age	−0.0036*	−0.0049*	−0.0025
	[−0.0066, −0.0006]	[−0.0096, −0.0003]	[−0.0052, 0.0003]
Gender	0.2184***	0.2593***	0.1592***
	[0.1380, 0.2987]	[0.1320, 0.3867]	[0.0838, 0.2347]
Household registration	0.0751	0.1640*	0.0377
	[−0.0177, 0.1680]	[0.0187, 0.3093]	[−0.0489, 0.1243]
Marital status	0.1570**	0.0449	0.1467**
	[0.0624, 0.2515]	[−0.0990, 0.1887]	[0.0580, 0.2354]
Edu	0.0258	0.0345	0.0179
	[−0.0138, 0.0654]	[−0.0291, 0.0982]	[−0.0185, 0.0543]
SES	0.1505***	0.2297***	0.0981***
	[0.1014, 0.1996]	[0.1546, 0.3048]	[0.0524, 0.1438]
Cons	3.2619***	6.4197***	1.7975***
	[3.0116, 3.5123]	[6.0044, 6.8349]	[1.5069, 2.0881]
R square	0.0588	0.0832	0.1803

^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001.