TABLE 1.
Estimated indirect effects of 16 separate analyses, where b is the overall effect of intervention on outcome via mediating variables and ratios are the percentages of total effect accounted for by indirect effects
| Mediating Variables | Dependent Variable | b | CI | Ratios | |
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| Combined indirect effects of intervention on outcome via mediating variables | |||||
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| 1. 6- and/or 12-mnth SS → | 18-mnth ANX | −.15 | (−.30, −.06)* | 8.85% | |
| 2. 6- and/or 12-mnth SS → | 18-mnth DEP | −.16 | (−.28, −.08)* | 10.51% | |
| 3. 6- and/or 12-mnth ANX → | 18-mnth SS | .02 | (−.07, .11) | 2.27% | |
| 4. 6- and/or 12-mnth DEP → | 18-mnth SS | .13 | (.04, .25)* | 16.27% | |
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| Specific indirect effects of intervention on outcome via mediating variables | |||||
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| 1. 6-mnth SS → | 12-mnth SS → | 18-mnth ANX | −.06 | (−.15, .00) | 3.51% |
| 2. 6-mnth SS → | 12-mnth ANX → | 18-mnth ANX | −.10 | (−.19, −.04)* | 5.57% |
| 3. 6-mnth ANX → | 12-mnth SS → | 18-mnth ANX | .00 | (−.00, .02) | −.23% |
| 4. 6-mnth SS → | 12-mnth ANX → | 18-mnth SS | −.00 | (−.00, .02) | .5% |
| 5. 6-mnth ANX → | 12-mnth ANX → | 18-mnth SS | .04 | (−.02, .11) | 4.67% |
| 6. 6-mnth ANX → | 12-mnth SS → | 18-mnth SS | −.02 | (−.10, .04) | −2.90% |
| 7. 6-mnth SS → | 12-mnth SS → | 18-mnth DEP | −.09 | (.17, −.04)* | 5.75% |
| 8. 6-mnth SS → | 12-mnth DEP → | 18-mnth DEP | −.06 | (−.12, −.02)* | 3.77% |
| 9. 6-mnth DEP → | 12-mnth SS → | 18-mnth DEP | −.01 | (−.04, −.00) | .99% |
| 10. 6-mnth SS → | 12-mnth DEP → | 18-mnth SS | .01 | (.00, .02) | .76% |
| 11. 6-mnth DEP → | 12-mnth DEP → | 18-mnth SS | .06 | (−.00, .15) | 7.44% |
| 12. 6-mnth DEP → | 12-mnth SS → | 18-mnth SS | .06 | (.01, .15)* | 8.07% |
Note:
p<.05.
CI=confidence interval. Mnth=month. SS=social support. ANX=anxiety. DEP=depression.