Table 3 Worries as mediators between each

From: The risk and protective factors of heightened prenatal anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 lockdown

 

M1) General COVID-19 worries

M2) Social support worries

B

SE

t

p

CI

B

SE

t

p

CI

I. Partner support (N = 693)

a

−.20

.05

−3.91

.000

−.29 to −.10

−.60

.06

−10.82

.000

−.71 to −.49

b

.18

.02

10.58

.000

.15 to.22

.11

.01

7.59

.000

.08 to.14

c

          

c’

−.04

.01

  

−.06 to −.01

−.06

.01

  

−.10 to −.04

c’ tot

          

II. Social support (N = 672)

a

−.25

.05

−5.51

.000

−.34 to −.16

−.50

.05

−9.45

.000

−.60 to −.39

b

.17

.02

9.83

.000

.14 to.21

.11

.01

7.60

.000

.08 to.13

c

          

c’

−.04

.01

  

−.06 to −.03

−.05

.01

  

−.08 to −.04

c’ tot

          

III. Healthcare support (N = 694)

a

−.73

.13

−5.58

.000

6.77 – 8.12

−.91

.16

−5.89

.000

−1.22 to −.61

b

.18

.02

10.94

.000

.14 to.21

.12

.01

8.86

.000

.09 to.14

c

          

c’

−.13

.03

  

−.19 to −.10

−.11

.02

  

−.16 to −.07

c’ tot

          
  

M3) Work and financial worries

DV) Psychological distress

B

SE

t

p

CI

B

SE

t

p

CI

I. Partner support (N = 693)

a

−.24

.07

−3.43

.001

−.37 to −.10

     

b

.04

.01

2.99

.003

−.09 to −.02

     

c

     

−.16

.02

−7.19

.000

−.21 to −.12

c’

−.01

.00

  

−.02 to −.00

     

c’ tot

     

−.11

.02

  

−.16 to −.07

II. Social support (N = 672)

a

−.19

.06

−2.98

.003

−.32 to −.07

     

b

.04

.01

3.13

.002

.01 to.06

     

c

     

−.19

.02

−9.12

.000

−.23 to −.05

c’

−.01

.00

  

−.02 to −.00

     

c’ tot

     

−.10

.02

  

−.14 to −.07

III. Healthcare support (N = 694)

a

−.88

.18

−4.84

.000

−1.23 to −.52

     

b

.03

.01

2.74

.006

.01 to.06

     

c

     

−.40

.06

−2.94

.000

−.52 to −.29

c’

−.03

.01

  

−.06 to − .01

     

c’ tot

     

−.27

.05

  

−.37 to −.19

  1. B = unstandardized coefficient, SE = standard error of the mean, t = t-test value, p = p value with significance set at .05, CI = confidence interval, N = total sample for each analysis. Path a = direct effect of each support system on each worry (mediator); Path b = direct effect of each worry on psychological distress; Path c = direct effect of each support system on psychological distress; Path c’ = indirect effect of each support system on psychological distress via the suppressing effect of each worry (mediators); Path c’tot = indirect effect of each support system on psychological distress via the suppressing effect of all the worries together (mediators).
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