TABLE 2.
Total, direct, and indirect effect of psychological flexibility on vaccine hesitancy through self-efficacy and coping style.
| Path | Estimate | SE | t | P | 95% CI |
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| Lower | Upper | |||||
| Total effect (c) | –0.457 | 0.114 | –3.998 | 0.0001*** | –0.682 | –0.232 |
| X → self-efficacy → Y | ||||||
| Direct effect (c1′) | –0.437 | 0.116 | –3.779 | 0.0002*** | –0.665 | –0.210 |
| Indirect effect (a1 × b1) | –0.020 | 0.022 | − | − | –0.073 | 0.013 |
| Indirect effect (a1) | 0.127 | 0.043 | 2.986 | 0.003** | 0.043 | 0.210 |
| Indirect effect (b1) | –0.159 | 0.139 | –1.148 | 0.252 | –0.431 | 0.113 |
| X → coping style → Y | ||||||
| Direct effect (c2′) | –0.303 | 0.122 | –2.487 | 0.013* | –0.543 | –0.064 |
| Indirect effect (a2 × b2) | –0.154 | 0.050 | − | − | –0.263 | –0.058 |
| Indirect effect (a2) | 0.035 | 0.004 | 7.950 | < 0.001*** | 0.026 | 0.043 |
| Indirect effect (b2) | –4.443 | 1.332 | –3.336 | 0.0009*** | –7.062 | –1.824 |
X, psychological flexibility; Y, pediatric vaccine hesitancy; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.