Table 3.

Mediation analysis of MCS on SOC–PCS relationship

Model	Path coefficient	SE	Bias corrected bootstrap 95% CI
			Lower limit	Upper limit
SOC on MCS (path a)	0.81*	0.09	0.62	0.99
MCS on PCS (path b)	0.88*	0.06	0.76	1.01
Total effect of SOC on PCS (path c)	0.63*	0.12	0.40	0.87
Direct effect of SOC on PCS (path c′)	−0.08	0.10	−0.27	0.12
Indirect effect of SOC on PCS (path ab)	0.71*	0.09	0.54	0.91

n=209. *P<0.001.

MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary; SOC, sense of coherence.