Table 4.
Regression results for the multiple mediator model with intervention condition as independent variable, religious well-being, existential well-being, adaptive coping, and maladaptive coping as parallel mediators, post-intervention depressive symptoms as outcome, and age, relationship status, homelessness, and monthly income as covariates
| Regression results | Coefficient | t | P |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BDI-II regressed on IC (c) | −7.14 | −2.49 | <.001 |
| 2. RWB regressed on IC (a1) | −.050 | −.030 | .98 |
| 3. EWB regressed on IC (a2) | 3.61 | 1.91 | .06 |
| 4. AC regressed on IC (a3) | 4.92 | 2.66 | .01 |
| 5. MAC regressed on IC (a4) | −2.20 | −1.30 | .20 |
| 6. BDI-II regressed on RWB controlling for EWB, AC, MAC, and IC (b1) | .012 | .074 | .94 |
| 7. BDI-II regressed on EWB controlling for RWB, AC, MAC, and IC (b2) | −.851 | −5.76 | <.001 |
| 8. BDI-II regressed on AC controlling for RWB, EWB, MAC, and IC (b3) | −.102 | −.643 | .52 |
| 9. BDI-II regressed on MAC controlling for RWB, EWB, AC, and IC (b4) | .436 | 2.49 | .02 |
| 7. BDI-II regressed on IC controlling for RWB, EWB, AC, and MAC (c’) | −2.61 | −1.09 | .28 |
| Indirect effects | Value | SE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total indirect effects (a1b1 + a2b2 + a3b3 + a4b4) | −4.53 | 2.23 | |
| a1b1 | −.001 | .277 | |
| a2b2 | −3.07 | 1.75 | |
| a3b3 | −.501 | .858 | |
| a4b4 | −.958 | .843 |
| 95 % confidence interval based on 10,000 bootstrap samples | Lower limit | Upper limit |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Total indirect effects (a1b1 + a2b2 + a3b3 + a4b4) | −8.97 | −.148 | |
| a1b1 | −.590 | .600 | |
| a2b2 | −6.90 | −.025 | |
| a3b3 | −2.77 | .848 | |
| a4b4 | −3.26 | .200 |
BDI-II beck depression inventory-II, IC intervention condition, RWB religious well-being from spiritual well-being scale, EXB existential well-being from spiritual well-being scale, AC adaptive coping from brief COPE, MAC maladaptive coping from brief COPE