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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 Jun 8;8(1):245–255. doi: 10.1007/s40615-020-00778-8

Table 2.

Conditional indirect effects of workplace/school microaggressions to negative affect outcomes via problem-focused thoughts by levels of vertical individualism

Outcome: Depressive Symptoms
Conditional Indirect Effects β 95% CI
Vertical Individualism Level: High (1 SD) .068 [.032, .107]
Vertical Individualism Level: Average .028 [.002, .057]
Vertical Individualism Level: Low (−1 SD) −.013 [−.054, .031]
Indirect Effect Differences β 95% CI
High Vertical Individualism vs. Low Vertical Individualism .081 [.023, .138]
High Vertical Individualism vs. Average Vertical Individualism .041 [.012, .069]
Average Vertical Individualism vs. Low Vertical Individualism .041 [.012, .069]
Outcome: Anxiety (Worry)
Conditional Indirect Effects β 95% CI
Vertical Individualism Level: High (1 SD) .112 [.055, .170]
Vertical Individualism Level: Average .045 [.001, .092]
Vertical Individualism Level: Low (−1 SD) −.021 [−.084, .050]
Indirect Effect Differences β 95% CI
High Vertical Individualism vs. Low Vertical Individualism .133 [.041, .218]
High Vertical Individualism vs. Average Vertical Individualism .067 [.020, .109]
Average Vertical Individualism vs. Low Vertical Individualism .067 [.020, .109]
Outcome: Stress Symptoms
Conditional Indirect Effects β 95% CI
Vertical Individualism Level: High (1 SD) .105 [.047, .164]
Vertical Individualism Level: Average .043 [−.001, .089]
Vertical Individualism Level: Low (−1 SD) −.019 [−.085, .050]
Indirect Effect Differences β 95% CI
High Vertical Individualism vs. Low Vertical Individualism .124 [.034, .211]
High Vertical Individualism vs. Average Vertical Individualism .062 [.017, .105]
Average Vertical Individualism vs. Low Vertical Individualism .062 [.017, .105]

Note. Significant effects are in bold typeface for emphasis and were determined by a 95% bias-corrected bootstrapped confidence interval (based on 10,000 bootstrapped samples) that does not contain zero.