Table 3.

The chain mediating effect of life satisfaction and social support between perceived stress and humanistic care ability.

	Effect	SE/Boot SE	t	P	LLCI	ULCI
Total effect	−1.630	0.151a	−10.811	< 0.001	−1.926	−1.334
Direct effect	−1.468	0.172a	−8.542	< 0.001	−1.805	−1.131
Indirect effect
Ind 1	0.038	0.103b	—	—	−0.154	0.250
Ind 2	−0.129	0.039b	—	—	−0.209	−0.057
Ind 3	−0.071	0.029b	—	—	−0.141	−0.025

The variables in model 6 are as follow: X = perceived stress, Y = humanistic care ability, M₁ = life satisfaction, M₂ = social support; Ind 1: perceived stress → life satisfaction → humanistic care ability; Ind 2: perceived stress → life satisfaction → social support → humanistic care ability; Ind 3: perceived stress → social support → humanistic care ability.

^aSE.

^bBoot SE.