Table 3.

Mediation analysis

						95% CI
Direct effect			β	SE	z	p Value	Lower	Upper
Parent fear of Covid	Child fear of Covid		0.29	0.08	3.66	<.001	0.13	0.46
Indirect effect
Parent fear Covid	Parent verbal info	Child fear Covid	0.17	0.06	3.07	<.01	0.07	0.29

Note: Delta method standard errors, bias‐corrected percentile bootstrap confidence intervals.