Internet-based eHealth technology for emotional well-being among the older adults with a family cancer history: full mediation effects of health information self-efficacy and cancer fatalism

Table 3 Mediation analysis

	Outcomes
Predictors	Health information self-efficacy		Cancer fatalism		Emotional well-being		Emotional well-being
	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE
*Main predictors*
IETs usage	0.201***	0.022	–0.059	0.016	0.001	0.016	0.009	0.016
Health information self-efficacy			–0.133***	0.021	–0.020	0.022
Cancer fatalism					–0.147***	0.031
R²	0.094		0.165		0.185		0.167
F	5.659***		10.237***		11.215***		10.914***
Sociodemographic and health-related controls	√		√		√		√
*Standardized indirect effects*					Coefficient	Boot SE	Boot LLCL	Boot ULCL
Mediator: Health information self-efficacy					–0.004	0.006	–0.017	0.009
Mediator: Cancer fatalism					0.009	0.005	–0.001	0.020
Mediators: Health information self-efficacy & cancer fatalism					0.004	0.001	0.002	0.007

Note. *: p <.05; **: p <.01; ***: p <.001. IET: Internet-based eHealth technology; LL: lower limit; CI: confidence interval; UL: upper limit; SE: standard error. Standardized betas are shown in each cell. Bootstrap sample size equal to 10,000.

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