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. 2021 Dec 15;11(12):e048469. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048469

Table 4.

Data on the estimated mediation models (corresponding to the indirect and direct paths) for the total sample and differentiated by country

Variables Stress (X) and self-care (M) Self-care (M) and well-being (Y) Stress (X) and well-being (Y)
Coef* SE 95% CI P value Coef* SE 95% CI P value Coef* SE 95% CI P value
Total sample
 a −0.32 0.05 −0.41 to −0.22 <0.001
 b 0.46 0.04 0.37 to 0.55 <0.001
 c −1.98 0.07 −2.13 to −1.85 <0.001
 c’ −2.13 0.07 −2.27 to −1.99 <0.001
Age 0.04 0.01 −0.01 to 0.08 <0.06 0.01 0.02 −0.03 to 0.08 <0.39
Stress and self-care as predictors of well-being, R2/F 0.51/370.01 Stress as a predictor of well-being, R2/F 0.46/223.34
Spanish sample
 a −0.21 0.09 −0.39 to −0.34 <0.01
 b 0.33 0.09 0.14 to 0.53 <0.001
 c −1.73 0.14 −2.02 to −1.45 <0.001
 c’ −1.81 0.14 −2.10 to −1.52 <0.001
Age −0.03 0.03 −0.10 to 0.04 <0.34 −0.04 0.65 −0.15 to 0.07 <0.49
Stress and self-care as predictors of well-being, R2/F 0.39/56.6 Stress as a predictor of well-being, R2/F 0.36/75.76
Chilean sample
 a −0.48 0.09 −0.67 to −0.28 <0.001
 b 0.50 0.08 0.33 to 0.67 <0.001
 c −1.84 0.07 −2.12 to −1.56 <0.001
 c’ −2.08 0.14 −2.37 to −1.80 <0.001
Age 0.11 0.04 0.03 to 0.20 <0.01 0.03 0.06 −0.08 to −0.15 <0.59
Stress and self-care as predictors of well-being, R2/F 0.52/96.45 Stress as a predictor of well-being, R2/F 0.46/112.47
Colombian sample
 a −0.25 0.08 −0.43 to −0.07 <0.001
 b 0.55 0.09 0.36 to 0.74 <0.001
 c −2.16 0.14 −2.44 to −1.88 <0.001
 c’ −2.30 0.14 −2.60 to −2.01 <0.001
Age 0.06 0.04 −0.01 to 0.14 <0.09 0.03 0.06 −0.09 to −0.15 <0.61
Stress and self-care as predictors of well-being, R2/F 0.54/105.09 Stress as a predictor of well-being, R2/F 0.48/125.88
Ecuadorian sample
 a −0.26 0.09 −0.45 to −0.06 <0.001
 b 0.44 0.08 0.29 to 0.60 <0.001
 c −2.25 0.13 −2.51 to −1.98 <0.001
 c’ −2.36 0.13 −2.63 to −2.09 <0.001
Age 0.02 0.04 −0.05 to 0.10 <0.55 0.04 0.05 −0.06 to 0.15 <0.43
Stress and self-care as predictors of well-being, R2/F 0.58/131.12 Stress as a predictor of well-being, R2/F 0.54/163.78

X= Independent variable; M= mediator; Y= Dependent variable.

*Unstandardised coefficients.