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Table 4 Study 2 mediation analysis

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

0.97*

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

  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