Table 3.

Summary of longitudinal mediation models of the effect of COVID-19 impact on OC symptom severity, mediated by coping strategies

	Standardized path coefficients (week 2)									Model fit
Mediator	a	SE a	p	b	SE b	p	c	SE c	p	Χ2	df	p	RMSEA	BCFI	BBNNI
Brief COPE: planning	− 0.108	0.090	0.228	− 0.067	0.022	0.003	0.026	0.025	0.301	240.3	135	< .0001	0.088	0.94	0.93
Brief COPE: self-blame	− 0.042	0.073	0.561	− 0.037	0.025	0.149	0.029	0.025	0.245	275.7	135	< .0001	0.102	0.93	0.92
Brief COPE: inst. support	− 0.132	0.079	0.096	− 0.055	0.021	0.010	0.019	0.025	0.456	248.9	135	< .0001	0.091	0.94	0.93
Brief COPE: acceptance	− 0.043	0.093	0.641	− 0.054	0.021	0.010	0.039	0.026	0.124	231.7	135	< .0001	0.084	0.94	0.93
Brief COPE: active coping	0.025	0.091	0.787	− 0.068	0.022	0.002	0.039	0.026	0.131	237.0	135	< .0001	0.087	0.94	0.93
Brief COPE: pos. reframing	− 0.019	0.089	0.831	− 0.070	0.022	0.002	0.039	0.026	0.125	237.1	135	< .0001	0.087	0.94	0.93

SE, standard error; RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation; BCFI, Bentler Comparative Fit Index; BBNNI, Bentler-Bonett Non-normed Index