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Table 2 Study 1 mediation analyses

From: Personality as a mediator of autistic traits and internalizing symptoms in two community samples

 

a path

b path

Indirect effect a*b

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

  1. The a path refers to the effect of SRS scores and the NEO-FFI-3. The b path refers to the effect of the NEO-FFI-3 and the DASS-21 subscales
  2. * p ≤ 0.05; **Significant mediators, based on confidence intervals [CI] without 0