Table 3.
Model Coefficients for Mediational Analysis with Task-Oriented Coping as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Gratitude and Psychological Functioning
| Stress Coping | Well-Being (Outcome) | Anxiety | Depression | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor | Coeff. | SE | t | Coeff. | SE | t | Coeff. | SE | t | Coeff. | SE | t | ||||
| Gratitude | a | 0.08 | 0.04 | 2.14* | c’ | 0.24 | 0.05 | 4.53*** | c’ | −0.07 | 0.04 | 1.63 | c’ | −1.64 | 0.96 | 1.71 |
| Task-oriented coping | - | - | - | b | 0.48 | 0.13 | 3.65*** | b | −0.35 | 0.10 | 3.37** | b | −8.57 | 2.41 | 3.56*** | |
| R2 = 0.04, F(1, 117) = 4.58, p = 0.03 | R2 = 0.26, F(2, 116) = 20.92, p < 0.001 | R2 = 0.13, F(2, 116) = 8.38, p < 0.001 | R2 = 0.14, F(2, 116) = 9.34, p < 0.001 | |||||||||||||
Notes: Coefficients accompanied by ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, a - relationship between gratitude and coping; b - relationship between coping and psychological functioning controlling for gratitude; c’ - direct effect of gratitude on psychological functioning controlling for coping.