Table 3.

Mediating role of emotional dissonance (N =140)

Model	Path coefficient	SE	Bias corrected bootstrap 95% CI
			Lower limit	Upper limit
Emotional support on emotional dissonance	-12*	.05	-.22	-.02
Emotional dissonance on confidence to care	23**	.08	-.39	-.07
Total effect of emotional support on confidence to care	-.06	.05	-.16	.03
Direct effect of emotional support on confidence to care	-.09	.05	-.19	.003
Indirect effect of emotional support on confidence to care through emotional dissonance	.03†	.02	.005	.08

Note. *p<.05, **p<.01, †p=-05.