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

BMC Psychology

Table 3 Summary of Mediation Analysis Results with Pre-Measured Lying Flatism as the Predictor

	B	SE	t	p	95% CI
Outcome: Happiness belief
Pre-Lying Flatism	0.36	0.09	4.10	< 0.001	0.19, 0.54
Gender	0.41	0.17	2.38	0.018	0.07, 0.75
Singlism	-0.40	0.13	-3.02	0.003	-0.66, -0.14
Fear of being single	-0.07	0.02	-3.97	< 0.001	-0.11, -0.04
Outcome: Attitudes toward singlehood (Direct effect model)
Pre-Lying Flatism	0.17	0.05	3.38	< 0.001	0.07, 0.27
Happiness Belief	0.36	0.04	9.92	< 0.001	0.29, 0.43
Gender	0.24	0.10	2.55	0.012	0.06, 0.43
Singlism	-0.18	0.07	-2.42	0.016	-0.32, -0.03
Fear of being single	-0.02	0.01	-1.75	0.082	-0.04, 0.002
Outcome: Attitudes toward singlehood (Total effect model)
Pre-Lying Flatism	0.30	0.06	5.19	< 0.001	0.19, 0.41
Gender	0.39	0.11	3.47	< 0.001	0.17, 0.61
Singlism	-0.32	0.09	-3.73	< 0.001	-0.49, -0.15
Fear of being single	-0.04	0.01	-3.70	< 0.001	-0.07, -0.02
Indirect effect	0.13	0.04	-	-	0.06, 0.20

Note. B = Unstandardized regression coefficient; SE = Standard error; CI = Confidence interval; Pre-Lying Flatism: Pre-measured feelings toward lying flatism; Gender: 0 = Male, 1 = Female; Indirect effect = Pre-measured feelings toward lying flatism→Happiness Belief→Attitudes toward singlehood.

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