Table 3.

Indirect, direct, and total effects for models.

Model	Pathways		B	SE	p	95%CI
1	Marriage quality → Parenting stress/Parental depression → Children's depression	Total direct	−0.08	0.09	0.385	[−0.25, 0.09]
		Total indirect	−0.19***	0.06	<0.001	[−0.30, −0.08]
		Stress indirect	−0.20***	0.05	<0.001	[−0.30, −0.11]
		Depression indirect	0.01	0.05	0.265	[−0.08, 0.10]
2	Parenting stress → Marriage quality/Children's depression → Parental depression	Total direct	0.46***	0.07	<0.001	[0.32, 0.60]
		Total indirect	0.12*	0.06	0.045	[0.003, 0.24]
		Marital indirect	0.14**	0.04	<0.001	[0.06, 0.23]
		Depression indirect	−0.02	0.03	0.484	[−0.09, 0.04]

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001.