From: Personality as a mediator of autistic traits and internalizing symptoms in two community samples
 | a path | b path | Indirect effect a*b | |||||||||||
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Effect | SE | t | 95% CI | Effect | SE | t | 95% CI | Effect | SE | 95% CI | ||||
LL | UL | LL | UL | LL | UL | |||||||||
Outcome = Depression |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1. Neuroticism | 0.79* | 0.12 | 6.72 | 0.55 | 1.02 | 0.42* | 0.08 | 5.36 | 0.26 | 0.57 | 0.33** | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.48 |
2. Extraversion | − 0.55* | − 0.13 | − 4.38 | − 0.80 | − 0.30 | − 0.09 | 0.07 | − 1.24 | − 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | − 0.03 | 0.15 |
3. Openness | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.68 | − 0.16 | 0.33 | − 0.02 | 0.08 | − 0.26 | − 0.17 | 0.13 | − 0.002 | 0.01 | − 0.03 | 0.02 |
4. Agreeableness | − 0.58* | 0.12 | − 4.94 | − 0.82 | − 0.35 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 1.57 | − 0.03 | 0.28 | − 0.07 | 0.05 | − 0.16 | 0.06 |
5. Conscientiousness | − 0.53* | 0.12 | − 4.47 | − 0.77 | − 0.30 | − 0.04 | 0.08 | − 0.55 | − 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.05 | − 0.07 | 0.12 |
Outcome = Anxiety |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1. Neuroticism | 0.79* | 0.12 | 6.72 | 0.55 | 1.02 | 0.38* | 0.07 | 5.60 | 0.24 | 0.51 | 0.30** | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.43 |
2. Extraversion | − 0.55* | − 0.13 | − 4.38 | − 0.80 | − 0.30 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.82 | − 0.07 | 0.18 | − 0.03 | 0.03 | − 0.10 | 0.04 |
3. Openness | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.68 | − 0.16 | 0.33 | − 0.02 | 0.07 | − 0.35 | − 0.16 | 0.11 | − 0.002 | 0.01 | − 0.03 | 0.03 |
4. Agreeableness | − 0.58* | 0.12 | − 4.94 | − 0.82 | − 0.35 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 1.31 | − 0.05 | 0.22 | − 0.05 | 0.05 | − 0.16 | 0.05 |
5. Conscientiousness | − 0.53* | 0.12 | − 4.47 | − 0.77 | − 0.30 | − 0.08 | 0.07 | − 1.14 | − 0.22 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | − 0.05 | 0.14 |
Outcome = Stress |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1. Neuroticism | 0.79* | 0.12 | 6.72 | 0.55 | 1.02 | 0.40* | 0.07 | 5.90 | 0.26 | 0.53 | 0.31** | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.47 |
2. Extraversion | − 0.55* | − 0.13 | − 4.38 | − 0.80 | − 0.30 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.65 | − 0.09 | 0.18 | − 0.02 | 0.03 | − 0.09 | 0.04 |
3. Openness | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.68 | − 0.16 | 0.33 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 1.60 | − 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.02 | − 0.03 | 0.05 |
4. Agreeableness | − 0.58* | 0.12 | − 4.94 | − 0.82 | − 0.35 | − 0.01 | 0.07 | − 0.20 | − 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.05 | − 0.07 | 0.15 |
5. Conscientiousness | − 0.53* | 0.12 | − 4.47 | − 0.77 | − 0.30 | − 0.01 | 0.07 | − 0.17 | − 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.04 | − 0.08 | 0.10 |