Table 1.
Sample and path | Outcome: health behaviors | Outcome: mental health symptoms | ||||||
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b | 95% CI | SE | p | b | 95% CI | SE | p | |
Sequential mediation model | ||||||||
Sample A (n = 696) | ||||||||
a path | −0.309 | [−0.394, −0.223] | 0.044 | < .001 | −0.311 | [−0.396, −0.225] | 0.044 | < .001 |
b path | 0.129 | [0.077, 0.182] | 0.027 | < .001 | 0.441 | [0.393, 0.489] | 0.024 | < .001 |
c′ path | 0.022 | [−0.033, 0.077] | 0.028 | .430 | −0.014 | [−0.065, 0.037] | 0.026 | .585 |
a path × b path (indirect effect) | −0.040 | [−0.060, −0.020] | 0.010 | < .001 | −0.137 | [−0.178, −0.097] | 0.021 | < .001 |
Sample B (n = 545) | ||||||||
a path | −0.479 | [−0.554, −0.404] | 0.038 | < .001 | −0.479 | [−0.554, −0.403] | 0.039 | < .001 |
b path | 0.165 | [0.101, 0.229] | 0.033 | < .001 | 0.513 | [0.464, 0.563] | 0.025 | < .001 |
c′ path | 0.064 | [0.004, 0.124] | 0.031 | .036 | −0.019 | [−0.065, 0.027] | 0.024 | .415 |
a path × b path (indirect effect) | −0.079 | [−0.112, −0.046] | 0.017 | < .001 | −0.246 | [−0.291, −0.200] | 0.023 | < .001 |
Cross-lagged panel mediation model | ||||||||
Sample A weekly (n = 530) | ||||||||
a path | −0.067 | [−0.123, −0.011] | 0.029 | .019 | −0.067 | [−0.123, −0.010] | 0.029 | .020 |
b path | 0.026 | [0.009, 0.042] | 0.008 | .002 | 0.091 | [0.046, 0.135] | 0.023 | < .001 |
c′ path | 0.009 | [−0.019, 0.037] | 0.014 | .517 | −0.011 | [−0.077, 0.054] | 0.033 | .733 |
a path × b path (indirect effect) | −0.002 | [−0.004, 0.000] | 0.001 | .062 | −0.006 | [−0.012, 0.000] | 0.003 | .044 |
Sample A monthly (n = 530) | ||||||||
a path | −0.089 | [−0.146, −0.031] | 0.029 | .002 | −0.087 | [−0.144, −0.029] | 0.029 | .003 |
b path | 0.030 | [0.008, 0.051] | 0.011 | .008 | 0.027 | [0.004, 0.049] | 0.011 | .020 |
c′ path | 0.020 | [−0.016, 0.057] | 0.019 | .275 | 0.008 | [−0.027, 0.042] | 0.018 | .656 |
a path × b path (indirect effect) | −0.003 | [−0.005, 0.000] | 0.001 | .045 | −0.002 | [−0.005, 0.000] | 0.001 | .066 |
Note: CI = confidence interval.