TABLE 3.
Indirect effects of psychological flexibility processes in the relationship between trait health anxiety and mental health outcomes.
COVID-19 distress | Anxiety | Depression | |||||||
Coeff | SE | 95% CI | Coeff | SE | 95% CI | Coeff | SE | 95% CI | |
Total indirect effect | 0.225 | 0.028 | 0.172, 0.282 | 0.090 | 0.011 | 0.070, 0.112 | 0.104 | 0.013 | 0.079, 0.132 |
Acceptance | 0.013 | 0.007 | 0.000, 0.027 | 0.005 | 0.003 | 0.000, 0.012 | 0.007 | 0.004 | 0.000, 0.014 |
Present moment awareness | −0.003 | 0.004 | −0.014, 0.003 | −0.002 | 0.002 | −0.007, 0.002 | −0.002 | 0.003 | −0.009, 0.002 |
Self as context | −0.009 | 0.017 | −0.043, 0.025 | 0.001 | 0.007 | −0.013, 0.015 | 0.007 | 0.008 | −0.008, 0.023 |
Defusion | 0.153 | 0.027 | 0.104, 0.209 | 0.069 | 0.011 | 0.048, 0.092 | 0.052 | 0.011 | 0.033, 0.075 |
Values | 0.014 | 0.015 | −0.015, 0.046 | 0.003 | 0.006 | −0.008, 0.015 | 0.007 | 0.007 | −0.006, 0.022 |
Committed action | 0.057 | 0.018 | 0.024, 0.096 | 0.014 | 0.007 | 0.001, 0.028 | 0.033 | 0.009 | 0.017, 0.053 |
Coeff, unstandardized coefficient of the indirect effect; SE, standard error; CI, 95% confidence interval based on 10,000 bootstrap samples. Significant mediations are displayed in bold.