Table 7.

Total, direct and indirect effects in the multiple mediator model.

Path	Estimated effect	Boot SE	P	Boot LLCI	Boot ULCI	Ratio
Direct effect
PEX → FOI	−0.141	0.025	0.001	−0.189	−0.091
Indirect effects
PEX → SSU → FOI	−0.144	0.021	0.001	−0.187	−0.104	26.72%
PEX → ERA→FOI	−0.120	0.017	0.001	−0.155	−0.087	22.26%
PEX → SSU → ERA→FOI	−0.134	0.014	0.000	−0.166	−0.112	24.86%
Total effect	−0.539	0.017	0.001	−0.570	−0.506

PEX, physical exercise; SSU, social support; ERA, emotional regulation ability; FOI, feelings of inferiority; Boot LLCI, the lower bound of the 95% confidence interval; Boot ULCI, the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval (Percentile Bootstrap Method with Bias Correction). The Bootstrap sample size is set at 2000.