Table 2.
Summary of mediation analyses (5000 bootstrap samples)
| Independent variable
|
Mediating variable
|
Dependent variable
|
Effect of IV on M
|
Effect of M on DV
|
Direct Effect
|
Indirect Effect
|
Total Effect
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (IV) | (M) | (DV) | (a) | (b) | (c′) | (a × b) | 99% CI | (c) |
| PTSD status | DERS | DIPD Impulsivity | 14.701** | 0.022** | 0.724 | 0.335* | 0.091–0.689 | 1.054* |
Note. PTSD status = CAPS PTSD status (0 = absent, 1 = present); DERS = Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DIPD Impulsivity = Impulsive behaviors from the BDP module of the Diagnostic Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders. All coefficients are reported as unstandardized estimates.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.