Table 5.

Mediating effect of hope on the relationship between depression and recovery (N = 115).

	Step 1		Step 2		Step 3		Step 4
	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value
Sex	−0.017	0.867	0.004	0.970	−0.025	0.798	−0.027	0.706
Marital status	−0.058	0.558	0.009	0.922	−0.017	0.860	−0.023	0.746
Occupational status	−0.011	0.912	−0.031	0.738	−0.028	0.761	−0.007	0.915
Depression			−0.369	<0.001	−0.359	<0.001	−0.111	0.126
Hope							0.672	<0.001
F	0.116	0.951	4.299	0.003	4.087	0.004	23.566	<0.001
R2	0.003		0.135		0.129		0.519
Adjusted R2	−0.024		0.104		0.098		0.497
df	3,111		4,110		4,110		5,109