Table 2.

Mediation analysis for evaluation of the evening, showing the standardized beta weights in regression analysis

Step	Dependent variable	Independent variables	Orange	Seawater	Peppermint	All three scents
1.	Cheerful	Scent	0.14*	0.06	0.12**	0.11*
2.	Evaluation evening	Scent	0.13**	0.11**	0.15*	0.14*
3.	Evaluation evening	Scent	0.05	0.07***	0.07	0.06***
		Cheerful	0.58*	0.66*	0.63*	0.63*

Analyses were done for the individual scents and for the ensemble of three scents, comparing scented with unscented conditions

*p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.05