Table 3.
Indirect effect of strenuous exercise in pain response through situation-specific pain catastrophizing at varying levels of anxiety sensitivity
| Mediator | Variable | Model | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor | B | SE | t | p | 95% BCa CI’s |
| Constant | 11.568 | 8.268 | 1.400 | .166 | — |
| Strenuous exerciseb | −13.574 | 11.619 | −1.168 | .246 | — |
| Anxiety sensitivity | .914 | .395 | 2.316 | .023 | — |
| Strenuous exercise X | |||||
| Anxiety Sensitivity | −1.089 | .605 | −1.801 | .072 | — |
| Dependent | Variable | Model | |||
| Predictor | B | SE | t | p | 95% BCa CI’s |
| Constant | 16.363 | 4.070 | 4.021 | <.001 | — |
| Pain catastrophizing | .335 | .057 | 5.844 | <.001 | — |
| Conditional effects at anxiety sensitivity = mean and +/− 1 SD | |||||
| Anxiety sensitivity | ab | SE | Z | p | 95% BCa CI’s |
| (−1 SD) 11.440 | .490 | 1.942 | .252 | .801 | (LL = −3.169, UL = 4.165) |
| (Mean) 18.329 | −2.106 | 1.658 | −1.270 | .204 | (LL = −5.674, UL = 0.973) |
| (+1 SD) 25.218 | −4.648 | 2.400 | −2.004 | .048 | (LL = −9.558, UL = −0.800) |
b
Log transformed
LL = Lower Limit, UL = Upper Limit