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Table 3 The mediation analysis of social support in the relationship between cognitive coping, behavioral coping and anxiety

From: Does social support matter? The mediating links with coping strategy and anxiety among Chinese college students in a cross-sectional study of COVID-19 pandemic

Model pathways

 

β

SE

t

P

LLCI

ULCI

Direct effect X1 → Y

c

−.715

.211

−3.383

.001

−1.129

−.301

X1 → M1

a1

.406

.028

14.271

.000

0.35

0.462

X1 → M2

a2

.342

.021

15.948

.000

0.3

0.384

X1 → M3

a3

.474

.034

13.957

.000

0.408

0.541

M1 → Y

b1

.691

.326

2.117

.034

0.051

1.33

M2 → Y

b2

−1.557

.446

−3.492

000

−2.431

−0.683

M3 → Y

b3

−1.275

.142

−8.951

.000

−1.554

−0.996

Total indirect effect X1 → Y

c′

−1.572

.208

−7.564

.000

−1.98

−1.165

   

Effect

Boot SE

Boot

LLCI

Boot

ULCI

Z

p

Indirect effect

X1 → M1 → Y

a1 × b1

0.28

.163

0.011

0.62

1.724

.085

X1 → M2 → Y

a2 × b2

−0.533

.178

−0.799

−0.217

−2.991

.003

X1 → M3 → Y

a3 × b3

−0.604

.12

−0.923

−0.419

−5.047

.000

Model pathways

 

β

SE

t

P

LLCI

ULCI

Direct effect X2 → Y

c

.71

.283

2.507

.012

0.155

1.264

X2 → M1

a1

0.607

.036

16.915

.000

0.537

0.678

X2 → M2

a2

.634

.027

23.394

.000

0.581

0.687

X2 → M3

a3

.645

.043

15.058

.000

0.561

0.73

M1 → Y

b1

.691

.326

2.117

.034

0.051

1.33

M2 → Y

b2

−1.557

.446

−3.492

000

−2.431

−0 .683

M3 → Y

b3

−1.275

.142

−8.951

.000

−1.554

- 0.996

Total indirect effect X2 → Y

c′

−.681

.262

−2.595

.010

−1.195

- 0.167

   

Effect

Boot SE

Boot

LLCI

Boot

ULCI

Z

p

Indirect effect

X2 → M1 → Y

a1 × b1

0.42

.23

0.016

0. 944

1.827

.068

X2 → M2 → Y

a2 × b2

−0.987

. 328

−1.557

− 0.383

−3.013

.003

X2 → M3 → Y

a3 × b3

−0.823

. 117

−1.064

−0.608

−7.005

.000

  1. Note: N = 2640. Number of bootstrap samples for bias-corrected bootstrap confidence intervals: 5000
  2. Level of confidence for all confidence intervals: 95%. The top half is the results of the cognitive coping model, and the bottom half is the results of the behavioral coping model. LLCI lower level of the 95% confidence interval; ULCI upper level of the 95% confidence interval. X1 cognitive coping, X2 behavioral coping, M1 subjective support, M2 family support, M3 counselor support, Y anxiety
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BMC Public Health

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