Brief mindfulness-based training and mindfulness trait attenuate psychological stress in university students: a randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Pathways and conditional effects of second-stage moderated mediation

	a	b₁	b₃	c’	ω	ω_Low	ω_High
PAS	9.75	.15	− 5.55	3.19	− 54.15	1.50	− 52.65
Boot CI	3.61, 16.45	.03, .28	− 11.33, 4.46	− .42, 6.25	− 145.76, 23.79	.24, 3.79	− 143.12, 25.24
NAS	9.75	.07	− 2.22	.25	− 21.63	.71	− 20.92
Boot CI	3.60, 16.45	− .11, .21	− 15.77, 5.54	− 3.00, 3.59	− 179.23, 51.76	− .86, 2.50	− 176.45, 53.02
SAI	9.75	− .16	10.23	− 5.50	99.70	− 1.56	98.14
Boot CI	3.58, 16.56	− .34, .08	2.95, 117.25	− 10.51, − .58	26.33, 234.58	− 4.72, .44	25.41, 231.62
PSS	9.75	− .23	2.00	− 1.92	19.50	− 2.24	17.27
Boot CI	3.64, 16.57	− .37, − .09	− 4.28, 7.87	− 6.44, 2.57	− 39.98, 93.24	− 4.57, − .67	− 42.80, 88.93
Cortisol	9.75	− .11	2.99	1.12	29.20	− 1.12	28.08
Boot CI	3.67, 16.59	− .20,− .03	− 1.01, 6.42	− .77, 2.84	− 3.76, 83.57	− 2.20, − .41	− 4.38, 82.00

a = Mindfulness Training → State Mindfulness pathway, b₁ = State Mindfulness → Outcome pathway, b₃ = interaction term between b₁ and Mindfulness Trait, c’ = Mindfulness Training → Outcomes pathway after removing contribution of mediator, ω = Index of Moderated Mediation, ω_Low = Index of Moderated Mediation in Low Mindfulness Trait condition, ω_High = Index of Moderated Mediation in High Mindfulness Trait condition, PAS = Positive Affect Schedule, NAS = Negative Affect Schedule, SAI = State Anxiety Inventory, TAI = Trait Anxiety Inventory, PSS = Perceived Stress, Boot CI = bootstrapped 95% confidence interval. Significant estimates are shown in bold

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