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. 2026 Sep 24;17:1821751. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1821751

Table 3.

Results of serial multiple mediation.

Path Estimate SE t p LLCI ULCI
Authoritarian leadership → hindrance stressors 0.525 0.049 10.703 0.000 0.429 0.622
Authoritarian leadership → job insecurity 0.229 0.055 4.173 0.000 0.121 0.336
Authoritarian leadership → playing dumb 0.155 0.054 2.869 0.004 0.049 0.261
Authoritarian leadership → evasive hiding 0.129 0.055 2.362 0.019 0.022 0.236
Authoritarian leadership → rationalized hiding 0.167 0.054 3.070 0.002 0.060 0.273
Authoritarian leadership → proscrastination 0.136 0.050 2.710 0.007 0.037 0.235
Hindrance stressors → job insecurity 0.477 0.051 9.323 0.000 0.377 0.578
Hindrance stressors → playing dumb 0.317 0.055 5.777 0.000 0.209 0.425
Hindrance stressors → evasive Hiding 0.366 0.055 6.592 0.000 0.257 0.475
Hindrance stressors → rationalized hiding 0.267 0.055 4.850 0.000 0.159 0.376
Hindrance stressors → proscrastination 0.319 0.051 6.229 0.000 0.218 0.419
Job insecurity → playing dumb 0.350 0.051 6.916 0.000 0.251 0.450
Job insecurity → evasive hiding 0.384 0.051 7.486 0.000 0.283 0.484
Job insecurity → rationalized hiding 0.269 0.051 5.285 0.000 0.169 0.370
Job insecurity → proscrastination 0.306 0.047 6.469 0.000 0.213 0.399
Indirect effect of X on Y Estimate SE LLCI ULCI
Authoritarian leadership → hindrance stressors → playing dumb 0.166 0.038 0.096 0.245
Authoritarian leadership → hindrance stressors → evasive hiding 0.192 0.041 0.118 0.276
Authoritarian leadership → hindrance stressors → rationalized hiding 0.141 0.038 0.071 0.219
Authoritarian leadership → hindrance stressors → proscrastination 0.167 0.036 0.101 0.243
Authoritarian leadership → job insecurity → playing dumb 0.080 0.027 0.032 0.140
Authoritarian leadership → job insecurity → evasive hiding 0.074 0.024 0.030 0.123
Authoritarian leadership → job insecurity → rationalized hiding 0.062 0.022 0.023 0.110
Authoritarian leadership → job insecurity → proscrastination 0.070 0.025 0.027 0.123
Authoritarian leadership → hindrance stressors→ job insecurity → playing dumb 0.077 0.019 0.044 0.119
Authoritarian leadership → hindrance stressors→ job insecurity → evasive hiding 0.081 0.019 0.048 0.120
Authoritarian leadership → hindrance stressors → job insecurity→ rationalized hiding 0.068 0.019 0.033 0.110
Authoritarian leadership → hindrance stressors → job insecurity→ proscrastination 0.077 0.019 0.043 0.119