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 | 0.97* | 0.06 | 17.16 | 0.86 | 1.08 | 0.36* | 0.04 | 9.86 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.35** | 0.04 | 0.27 | 0.43 |
2. Extraversion | − 0.84* | 0.06 | − 13.90 | − 0.96 | − 0.72 | − 0.07* | 0.03 | − 2.27 | − 0.13 | − 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.03 | − 0.0004 | 0.12 |
3. Openness | − 0.13* | 0.06 | − 2.03 | − 0.25 | − 0.004 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 1.63 | − 0.01 | 0.11 | − 0.01 | 0.01 | − 0.20 | 0.001 |
4. Agreeableness | − 0.74* | 0.06 | − 12.02 | − 0.87 | − 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 1.73 | − 0.01 | 0.11 | − 0.04 | 0.03 | − 0.09 | 0.01 |
5. Conscientiousness | − 0.56* | 0.05 | − 10.73 | − 0.67 | − 0.46 | − 0.05 | 0.04 | − 1.18 | − 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | − 0.02 | 0.07 |
Outcome = Anxiety |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1. Neuroticism | 0.97* | 0.06 | 17.16 | 0.86 | 1.08 | 0.20* | 0.03 | 7.57 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.20** | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.25 |
2. Extraversion | − 0.84* | 0.06 | − 13.90 | − 0.96 | − 0.72 | 0.10* | 0.02 | 4.14 | 0.05 | 0.14 | − 0.08** | 0.03 | − 0.13 | − 0.03 |
3. Openness | − 0.13* | 0.06 | − 2.03 | − 0.25 | − 0.004 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1.15 | − 0.02 | 0.07 | − 0.003 | 0.004 | − 0.01 | 0.002 |
4. Agreeableness | − 0.74* | 0.06 | − 12.02 | − 0.87 | − 0.06 | − 0.01 | 0.02 | − 0.50 | − 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | − 0.03 | 0.05 |
5. Conscientiousness | − 0.56* | 0.05 | − 10.73 | − 0.67 | − 0.46 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.12 | − 0.02 | 0.09 | − 0.02 | 0.02 | − 0.06 | 0.02 |
Outcome = Stress |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1. Neuroticism | 0.97* | 0.06 | 17.16 | 0.86 | 1.08 | 0.29* | 0.03 | 9.78 | 0.23 | 0.35 | 0.28** | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.35 |
2. Extraversion | − 0.84* | 0.06 | − 13.90 | − 0.96 | − 0.72 | 0.07* | 0.03 | 2.83 | 0.02 | 0.12 | − 0.06** | 0.03 | − 0.11 | − 0.01 |
3. Openness | − 0.13* | 0.06 | − 2.03 | − 0.25 | − 0.004 | 0.09* | 0.03 | 3.64 | 0.04 | 0.14 | − 0.01** | 0.01 | − 0.03 | − 0.001 |
4. Agreeableness | − 0.74* | 0.06 | − 12.02 | − 0.87 | − 0.06 | − 0.11* | 0.03 | − 4.24 | − 0.16 | − 0.06 | 0.08** | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
5. Conscientiousness | − 0.56* | 0.05 | − 10.73 | − 0.67 | − 0.46 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.91 | − 0.03 | 0.09 | − 0.01 | 0.02 | − 0.06 | 0.02 |