Table 4 Indirect effects test with longtermist identification as the exogenous variable, legacy concerns and ECAS as parallel mediators

Problem-focused coping

0.40

0.43

[0.25, 0.62]

0.32

[0.26, 0.38]

0.41

[0.35, 0.47]

0.23

[0.15, 0.32]

0.25

[0.15, 0.35]

Avoidant coping

0.07

− 0.67

[-0.89, − 0.44]

− 0.02

[-0.10, 0.05]

− 0.11

[-0.19, − 0.04]

− 0.02

[-0.07, 0.03]

− 0.07

[-0.13, − 0.02]

Meaning-based coping

0.26

0.01

[-0.17, 0.18]

0.19

[0.13, 0.25]

0.35

[0.29, 0.40]

0.14

[0.08, 0.20]

0.21

[0.12, 0.29]

Anger

0.13

0.68

[0.39, 0.96]

0.14

[0.04, 0.23]

0.31

[0.22, 0.40]

0.10

[0.03, 0.18]

0.18

[0.10, 0.29]

Hope

0.31

0.13

[-0.07, 0.33]

0.24

[0.17, 0.30]

0.45

[0.38, 0.52]

0.17

[0.10, 0.25]

0.27

[0.16, 0.38]

Powerlessness

0.03

0.21

[-0.04, 0.46]

0.09

[0.01, 0.17]

− 0.18

[-0.26, − 0.10]

0.06

[0.00, 0.13]

− 0.11

[-0.18, − 0.04]

Guilt

0.12

0.50

[0.23, 0.77]

0.24

[0.15, 0.33]

0.19

[0.10, 0.28]

0.17

[0.10, 0.26]

0.11

[0.05, 0.19]

Isolation

0.09

0.09

[-0.15, 0.33]

0.17

[0.09, 0.25]

0.22

[0.14, 0.30]

0.12

[0.06, 0.20]

0.13

[0.07, 0.21]

Anxiety

0.16

0.66

[0.40, 0.93]

0.22

[0.14, 0.31]

0.28

[0.19, 0.36]

0.16

[0.08, 0.25]

0.16

[0.09, 0.26]

Sorrow

0.14

0.66

[0.40, 0.92]

0.18

[0.10, 0.27]

0.25

[0.17, 0.34]

0.13

[0.06, 0.22]

0.15

[0.08, 0.24]

Contempt

0.10

− 0.70

[-0.99, − 0.41]

− 0.08

[-0.18, 0.02]

− 0.27

[-0.36, − 0.17]

− 0.06

[-0.14, 0.01]

− 0.16

[-0.25, − 0.08]