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. 2020 Nov 12;2:100023. doi: 10.1016/j.jadr.2020.100023

Table 4.

Testing the mediation hypothesis with core belief as the mediator.

Model predicting core belief violation Model predicting personal health questionnaire-4 Model predicting coronavirus anxiety scale 2
Pr Coeff SE p Pr Coeff SE p Pr Coeff SE p
COVID diagnosis a 1.01⁎⁎⁎ 0.09 <.001 c’ .43 0.21 .04 c’ 3.05⁎⁎⁎ 0.28 <.001
Core belief violation ___ __ ___ b 1.51⁎⁎⁎ 0.05 <.001 b 2.54⁎⁎⁎ 0.06 <.001
R2 = .06⁎⁎⁎ R2 = .32⁎⁎⁎ R2 = .46⁎⁎⁎
COVID death a .34⁎⁎⁎ 0.02 <.001 c’ .15⁎⁎ 0.06 .01 c’ .74⁎⁎⁎ 0.08 <.001
Core belief violation ___ __ ___ b 1.50⁎⁎⁎ 0.05 <.001 b 2.54⁎⁎⁎ 0.07 <.001
R2 = .08⁎⁎⁎ R2 = .32⁎⁎⁎ R2 = .45⁎⁎⁎
Unemployment a .50⁎⁎⁎ 0.07 <.001 c’ .82⁎⁎⁎ 0.16 <.001 c’ −0.08 0.22 .70
Core belief violation ___ __ ___ b 1.50⁎⁎⁎ 0.05 <.001 b 2.71⁎⁎⁎ 0.06 <.001
R2 = .02⁎⁎⁎ R2 = .33⁎⁎⁎ R2 = .43⁎⁎⁎
Childcare loss a .36⁎⁎⁎ 0.12 <.01 c’ 0.38 0.27 .16 c’ 0.65 0.37 .07
Core belief violation ___ __ ___ b 1.53⁎⁎⁎ 0.05 <.001 b 2.70⁎⁎⁎ 0.06 <.001
R2 = .00⁎⁎ R2 = .32⁎⁎⁎ R2 =.43⁎⁎⁎
Increased living cost a .37⁎⁎⁎ 0.06 <.001 c’ .44⁎⁎ 0.15 <.01 c’ 0.29 0.20 .15
Core belief violation ___ __ ___ b 1.52⁎⁎⁎ 0.05 <.001 b 2.70⁎⁎⁎ 0.06 <.001
R2 = .01⁎⁎⁎ R2 = .32⁎⁎⁎ R2 = .43⁎⁎⁎

Note. Pr = Parameters indicated by a, b, or c’ representing each relationship in the mediation model depicted in Fig. 1. Coeff = Regression coefficient for each parameter, a, b, or c, in the mediation model depicted in Fig. 1.

p < .05.

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p < .01.

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p < .001.