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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: Depress Anxiety. 2013 Dec 12;31(5):436–442. doi: 10.1002/da.22216

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
Combined indirect effects of intervention on outcome via mediating variables

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%

Specific indirect effects of intervention on outcome via mediating variables

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.