Table 3 Standardized path coefficients of the assumed model (n = 2251).

From: Relationship between big five personality and health literacy in elderly patients with chronic diseases: the mediating roles of family communication and self-efficacy

Pathway

 

Point estimates

Bootstrapping

Bias-corrected 95%CI

Lower

Upper

Extraversion→health literacy

Direct effect

   

Total Indirect effect

0.086

0.060

0.111

Total effect

0.086

0.060

0.111

Agreeableness→health literacy

Direct effect

   

Total Indirect effect

0.143

0.113

0.172

Total effect

0.143

0.113

0.172

Conscientiousness

→health literacy

Direct effect

   

Total Indirect effect

0.148

0.119

0.175

Total effect

0.148

0.119

0.175

Neuroticism→health literacy

Direct effect

–0.041

–0.083

–0.001

Total Indirect effect

–0.087

–0.114

–0.062

Total effect

–0.128

–0.177

–0.082

Openness→health literacy

Direct effect

0.091

0.050

0.129

Indirect effect

0.008

0.001

0.015

Total effect

0.099

0.057

0.137