Table 2.
Path A: effect voluntary engagement → self-image | Path B: effect self-image à positive emotions, controlled for voluntary engagement | Path C: effect voluntary engagement à positive emotions, controlled for self-image | Path C': effect voluntary engagement à positive emotions | Bootstrap results for indirect effect | |||||||||||
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B | SE | t | B | SE | t | B | SE | t | B | SE | t | ab | SE | LL 95 CI | UL 95 CI |
0.70** | 0.24 | 2.89 | 0.30*** | 0.04 | 7.10 | –0.25 | 0.13 | –1.92 | –0.04 | 0.15 | –0.26 | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.36 |
ab, difference between the coefficient of voluntary engagement (X) in the analysis with (Path C) and the analysis without (Path C') positive self-image (M) as a covariate, LL 95 CI, Lower limit of 95% confidence interval; UL 95 CI, Upper limit of 95% confidence interval,
p < 0.01,
p < 0.001(2-tailed).