Table 2.
Complex mediation model: perceived legitimacy of feedback and basic psychological needs satisfaction as mediator between amount of corrective feedback and subjective vitality.
| DV/Predictor | B | SE | LL CI 95% | UL CI 95% | R2 |
| Perceived legitimacy of FB | 0.34** | ||||
| Amount of corrective FB | 0.55** | 0.04 | 0.47 | 0.63 | |
| BPN satisfaction | 0.14** | ||||
| Perceived legitimacy of FB | 0.34** | 0.06 | 0.22 | 0.46 | |
| Amount corrective FB | 0.06 | 0.06 | −0.05 | 0.17 | |
| Subjective vitality | 0.32** | ||||
| Perceived legitimacy of FB | 0.12 | 0.07 | −0.02 | 0.25 | |
| BPN satisfaction | 0.65** | 0.06 | 0.54 | 0.77 | |
| Amount corrective FB | −0.04 | 0.06 | −0.16 | 0.08 | |
| Direct effect | B | SE | LL CI 95% | UL CI 95% | R2 |
| Subjective vitality | 0.02* | ||||
| Amount of corrective FB | 0.19* | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.30 | |
| Indirect effect (mediator) | B | SE | LL CI Bootstrap 95% | UL CI Bootstrap 95% | |
| (Perceived legitimacy of FB) | 0.06 | 0.04 | −0.00 | 0.14 | |
| (Perceived legitimacy of FB and BPN satisfaction) | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.20 | |
| (satisfaction BPN) | 0.04 | 0.04 | −0.03 | 0.12 |
FB, feedback; BPN, basic psychological needs; DV, dependent variable; B, non-standardized regression coefficient; SE, standard error; LL, lower limit; UL, upper limit; CI, confidence interval.
p < 0.001;
p < 0.01.