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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Stress Health. 2019 Dec 24;36(1):88–96. doi: 10.1002/smi.2917

TABLE 4.

Direct and indirect effects on Brief Symptom Inventory Δ

Direct effect (path)    β  SE t p
MBSR → ΔBSI (c)   0.25 0.00   80.25 0.0001
MBSR → ΔBSI (c′)   0.05 0.04  1.20 0.23
MBSR → ΔMAAS(a1) −0.71 0.06 −10.27 0.0001
MBSR → ΔSCS(a2) −0.21 0.06   −3.78 0.0002
ΔMAAS → ΔSCS(a3)   0.44 0.05  8.27 0.0001
ΔMAAS → ΔBSI (b1) −0.07 0.05   −1.34 0.18
ΔSCS → ΔBSI (b2) −0.29 0.07   −4.15 0.0001
Indirect effect   β SE abps LLCI ULCI
MBSR → ΔMAAS → ΔBSI (a1*b1)   0.05 0.05 0.12   −0.04 0.15
MBSR → ΔSCS → ΔBSI (a2*b2)   0.06 0.03 0.15  0.02 0.12
MBSR → ΔMAAS → ΔSCS → ΔBSI (a1*a3*b2)   0.09 0.03 0.22  0.04 0.15

Note: Full model: F(4, 125) = 13.55, p < 0.0001, R2 = .30, MSE = 0.12.

Abbreviations: SCS, Self-Compassion Scale; MAAS, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale.