Table 2.

Serial Mediator Model A: Model summary, total effect, direct effect, indirect effect, and main specific indirect effect contrast definitions.

Model Summary	R2	MSE	F	df1	df2	p (sig.)
Total effect model	0.2126	0.21	9.99	4.00	148.00	0.000
SFE on state	0.1317	0.2270	22.89	1.00	151.00	0.000
						95% CI
	Path	Coefficient	BootSE	T	P	BootLL	BootUL
Total effect of SFE on state, without accounting for EA, EC and MR	C	–0.3151	0.06	–4.78	0.000	–0.44	–0.18
Total effect of SFE on state, when accounting for EA, EC and MR	c′	–0.1638	0.07	–2.13	0.034	–0.31	–0.01
Direct effect of SFE on EA	a1	–0.2415	0.11	–2.15	0.032	–0.46	–0.02
Direct effect of SFE on EC	a2	0.5119	0.09	5.15	0.000	0.31	0.70
Direct effect of SFE on MR	a3	0.5130	0.09	5.60	0.000	0.33	0.69
Direct effect of MR on state	b3	–0.2084	0.06	–3.33	0.001	–0.33	–0.08
Direct effect of EA on EC	d21	0.1452	0.07	2.04	0.042	0.00	0.28
Direct effect of EA on MR	d31	0.1929	0.06	3.15	0.002	0.07	0.31
Direct effect of EC on MR	d32	0.2915	0.06	4.20	0.000	0.15	0.42
Indirect effect
Ind 3 via EA and MR	a1d31b3	0.0097	0.00			0.00	0.03
Ind 4 via EA, EC, and MR	a1d21d32b	0.0021	0.00			0.00	0.00
Ind6 via EC and MR	a2d32b3	–0.0311	0.01			–0.07	–0.00
Ind7 via MR	a3b3	–0.1069	0.04			–0.20	–0.03
Specific indirect effect contrast definitions
Ind3 minus Ind4	C12	0.0076	0.0067			0.00	0.03
Ind3 minus Ind6	C14	0.0408	0.0180			0.01	0.08
Ind3 minus Ind7	C15	0.1166	0.0447			0.04	0.21
Ind4 minus Ind6	C17	0.0332	0.0165			0.01	0.07
Ind4 minus Ind7	C18	0.1091	0.0421			0.03	0.20
Ind6 minus Ind7	C21	0.0758	0.0363			0.01	0.16

Coefficient non-standardized B coefficients; BootSE, bootstrapping standard errors; CI, bias-corrected and accelerated 95% confidence interval; BootLL, bootstrapping lower limit; BootUL, bootstrapping upper limit. State, state anxiety; SFE, self-esteem; EA, emotional attention; EC, emotional clarity, MR, mood repair.