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. 2021 Jul 26;184:111160. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111160

Table 2.

Serial mediation analysis.

Effects Coefficient SE p Bootstrapping
BC 95% CI
Lower Upper
PREDICTOR: Self-critical perfectionism
Total effect c 0.463 0.039 <0.001 0.386 0.540
Direct effect c′ 0.177 0.0436 <0.001 0.091 0.262
Indirect effects
 Total indirect effect 0.287 0.033 0.2269 0.3562
 a1b1 0.0390 0.012 0.018 0.067
 a1d12b2 0.245 0.033 0.189 0.314
 a2b2 0.002 0.005 −0.007 0.013



PREDICTOR: Rigid perfectionism
Total effect c 0.455 0.077 <0.001 0.303 0.608
Direct effect c′ 0.083 0.068 0.222 −0.051 0.216
Indirect effects
 Total indirect effect 0.030 0.004 0.022 0.038
 a1b1 0.006 0.002 0.003 0.017
 a1d12b2 0.022 0.004 0.015 0.030
 a2b2 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.004



PREDICTOR: Narcissistic perfectionism
Total effect c 0.192 0.058 0.001 0.078 0.306
Direct effect c′ −0.003 0.048 0.946 −0.091 0.097
Indirect effects
 Total indirect effect 0.195 0.042 0.113 0.279
 a1b1 0.062 0.018 0.032 0.104
 a1d12b2 0.111 0.037 0.038 0.183
 a2b2 0.023 0.011 0.003 0.045

Note. Total, direct and indirect effects of the serial mediation models with psychological distress as the outcome.