Table 4. Empirical multiple mediator model of the indirect effect of hypothesized mediators on the relationship of Major Depressive Syndrome (MDS) or Anxiety Syndrome (AS) with postpartum relapse.

	MDS			AS
Mediators	B	BC 95% CI	PME	B	BC 95% CI	PME
Self-efficacy Negative/Affective	.17***	(0.06, 0.34)	38.5	.17*	( 0.02, 0.25)	16.8
Automaticity	.07	(−0.01, 0.22)	14.7	.07	(−0.03, 0.21)	8.8
Social Environmental Goads	.07	(−0.05, 0.19)	15.5	.07	(−0.01, 0.15)	6.6
Overall effect	.30***	( 0.14, 0.54)	68.7	.30**	( 0.07, 0.40)	32.2

Note. Only variables related to MDS or AS and relapse at p < .10 were included in calculating indirect effects. All individual mediators were included in a multiple mediator model, and a backward selection procedure was conducted by consecutively dropping the least significant mediator and re-fitting the model until all remaining mediators were related to relapse at p ≤ 0.20.

Covariates include age, education, race/ethnicity, partner status and treatment group.

BC= Bias Corrected; PME= Proportion of mediated effect.

*p ≤ .05

^**p ≤ .01

^***p ≤ .001