Table 5.
Mediation model showing direct and indirect effect of marital duration on fertility of life in males (n=100)
| From → to | Path coefficient (standardized) |
Indirect effects |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infertility stress | Quality of life | Estimates | 95% CI (low-high) | |
| Marital duration | 0.36*** | −0.18 (NS) | ||
| Infertility stress | −0.47*** | |||
| Total indirect effect | ||||
| (Indirect effect) marital duration → infertility stress → quality of life | −1.02* | −2.24-−0.20 | ||
| (Direct effect) marital duration → quality of life | −1.08* | −2.48-0.32 | ||
| (Total effect) marital duration → quality of life | −2.10*** | −3.57-−0.63 | ||
*P<0.05, ***P<0.001. NS=Nonsignificant, CI=Confidence interval