Table 3.

Model coefficients for mediation analysis with acceptance of illness as a mediator of the relationship between gratitude and mental health.

Predictor	Acceptance of illness				Wellbeing (Outcome)				Anxiety				Depression
		Coeff.	SE	t		Coeff.	SE	t		Coeff.	SE	t		Coeff.	SE	t
Gratitude	a	0.20	0.07	2.75**	c ’	0.18	0.04	4.61***	c ’	−0.05	0.03	1.84	c ’	−0.07	0.52	1.38
Accept. of illness		–	–	–	b	0.21	0.05	4.58***	b	−0.14	0.03	4.28***	b	−2.43	0.63	3.86**
	R2 = 0.06, F(1, 129) = 7.55, p < 0.01				R2 = 0.30, F(2, 128) = 27.59, p < 0.001				R2 = 0.17, F(2, 128) = 13.46, p < 0.001				R2 = 0.14, F(2, 128) = 10.22, p < 0.001

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001.

^aRelationship between gratitude and acceptance of illness.

^bRelationship between acceptance of illness and mental health controlling for gratitude.

^c’Direct effect of gratitude on mental health controlling for acceptance of illness.