Table 2. Model of the associations between religiosity and psychological distress with fear of COVID-19 and religious coping as the mediators .

Variable	Coefficient	SE		P
Anxiety
Total effect of religiosity	-0.360	0.035		0.002
Direct effect of religiosity	-0.063	0.036		0.072
Indirect effect of religiosity	Effect	Bootstrapping SE	Bootstrapping LLCI	Bootstrapping ULCI
Indirect effect via religious coping	-0.150	0.024	-0.190	-0.112
Indirect effect via fear of COVID-19	-0.166	0.028	-0.213	-0.121
Indirect effect via religious coping and fear of COVID-19	-0.297	0.025	-0.338	-0.095
Depression	Coefficient	SE	t	P
Total effect of religiosity	-0.365	0.034	-10.735	0.002
Direct effect of religiosity	-0.087	0.037	-2.351	0.023
Indirect effect of religiosity	Effect	Bootstrapping SE	Bootstrapping LLCI	Bootstrapping ULCI
Indirect effect via religious coping	-0.198	0.022	-0.235	-0.162
Indirect effect via fear of COVID-19	-0.150	0.029	-0.196	-0.100
Indirect effect via religious coping and fear of COVID-19	-0.280	0.027	-0.327	-0.239

ULCI: upper limit confidence interval; LLCI: lower limit confidence interval; SE: standard error

Note: All coefficients and effects are unstandardized coefficients/effects. A total of 10 ,000 bootstrapping samples were used. The model was controlled for age, sex, marital status, accommodation, occupation, comorbidity, and educational status.