Table 3.

Testing the pathways of the mediational analysis with standardized estimates.

Pathway	Estimate	SE	z	p
Depression --> Defensive Response
Total	0.463	0.066	7.027	0.000
Direct effect	0.263	0.076	3.469	0.001
Depression --> Anxiety --> Response defensive
Specific indirect effect	0.200	0.054	3.704	0.000
Depression --> Stress
Total	0.409	0.068	6.034	0.000
Direct effect	0.258	0.082	3.159	0.002
Depression --> Anxiety --> Stress
Specific indirect effect	0.151	0.054	2.804	0.005
Extraversion --> Response defensive
Total	−0.198	0.067	−2.928	0.003
Direct effect	−0.137	0.061	−2.238	0.025
Extraversion --> Anxiety --> Response defensive
Specific indirect effect	−0.060	0.022	−2.238	0.006