Table 5.
Mental distress and social support as mediators of the relationship between Type D personality and health-related quality of life
| Health related quality of life (outcome) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | Step 2 | |||||
| Type D personality (predictor) x mediator | ||||||
| B [95%-CI] | β | R 2 | B [95%-CI] | β | R 2 | |
| Type D personality (predictor) | 11.285[8.638;13.933] | 0.267*** | 0.177 | |||
| Anxiety symptoms (mediator) | 2.065[1.733;2.397] | 0.389*** | 0.243 | 1.758[1.403;2.113] | 0.331*** | 0.261 |
| Depressive symptoms (mediator) | 2.695[2.302;3.089] | 0.415*** | 0.267 | 2.365[1.935;2.796] | 0.036*** | 0.278 |
| Social support (mediator) | 2.867[−4.107;−1.627] | −0.148*** | 0.129 | −2.192[−3.401;−0.982] | −0.113*** | 0.189 |
***p value < .001.