Table 4.
Path coefficients for parallel mediation model for Medical Care Utilization (MUQ)
| Path | Medical Care Utilization (DV) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effect | Boot-LLCI | Boot-UCLI | SE | t | p-value | |
| Total Effect | 4.459 | 3.501 | 5.408 | 0.483 | 9.235 | 0.000 |
| Direct Effect | 2.433 | 1.317 | 3.549 | 0.568 | 4.284 | 0.000 |
| IV-M1 (a1) | 5.900 | 4.951 | 6.848 | 0.483 | 12.223 | 0.000 |
| IV-M2 (a2) | 11.252 | 9.608 | 12.897 | 0.837 | 13.451 | 0.000 |
| M1-DV (b1) | 0.363 | 0.273 | 0.454 | 0.046 | 7.790 | 0.000 |
| M2-DV (b2) | −0.010 | −0.034 | 0.762 | 0.027 | −0.392 | 0.696 |
| Total Indirect Effect | 2.026 | 1.195 | 2.901 | 0.434 | ||
| IV-M1-DV (a1b1) | 2.142 | 1.475 | 2.871 | 0.356 | ||
| IV-M2-DV (a2b2) | −0.117 | −0.729 | 0.461 | 0.303 | ||
Note: IV mental distress symptoms, DV medical care utilization, M1 anxiety sensitivity-physical concerns, M2 intolerance of uncertainty. See Fig. 3