Fig 2. The association between gender and depressive symptoms with each pathway in the multiple mediation model.

The pathways represented by arrows correspond to Fig 1. Each arrow with a solid line represents the significant path between variables, and the arrow with a dashed line represents the non-significant path. The path estimation from the mediation analysis shown with each arrow is the unstandardized coefficient. Note. Gender was coded 0 = man, 1 = women; N, neuroticism; E, extraversion; O, openness to experience; A, agreeableness; C, conscientiousness; n.s., non-significant; *p<0.01, **p<0.001.