Feelings toward lying flatism and attitudes toward singlehood: the mediating role of happiness belief

BMC Psychology

Table 2 Summary of Mediation Analysis Results with Group Condition as the Predictor

	B	SE	t	p	95% CI
Outcome: Happiness belief
Group	0.06	0.17	0.37	0.715	-0.27, 0.39
Gender	0.39	0.18	2.17	0.031	0.04, 0.75
Singlism	-0.43	0.14	-3.14	0.002	-0.69, -0.16
Fear of being single	-0.08	0.02	-4.11	< 0.001	-0.12, -0.04
Outcome: Attitudes toward singlehood (Direct effect model)
Group	-0.03	0.09	-0.29	0.773	-0.21, 0.15
Happiness Belief	0.39	0.04	10.94	< 0.001	0.32, 0.46
Gender	0.23	0.10	2.29	0.023	0.03, 0.42
Singlism	-0.18	0.07	-2.35	0.020	-0.32, -0.03
Fear of being single	-0.02	0.01	-1.66	0.099	-0.04, 0.003
Outcome: Attitudes toward singlehood (Total effect model)
Group	-0.002	0.11	-0.02	0.985	-0.22, 0.22
Gender	0.38	0.12	3.16	0.002	0.14, 0.61
Singlism	-0.34	0.09	-3.79	< 0.001	-0.52, -0.16
Fear of being single	-0.05	0.01	-3.81	< 0.001	-0.07, -0.02
Indirect effect	0.02	0.07	-	-	-0.11, 0.15

Note. B = Unstandardized regression coefficient; SE = Standard error; CI = Confidence interval; Group: 0 = control group, 1 = experimental group; Gender: 0 = Male, 1 = Female; Indirect effect = Manipulation→Happiness Belief→Attitudes toward singlehood.

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