Table 4 PRODCLIN test results for indirect mediation effects (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

Mackinnon

PRODCLIN 95%CI

Lower

Upper

Extraversion→

health literacy

E→FC→HL

0.039

0.086

E→SE→HL

0.013

0.030

E→FC→SE→HL

E→FC→SE

0.055

0.120

FC→SE→HL

0.014

0.025

Agreeableness→health literacy

A→FC→HL

0.095

0.153

A→SE→HL

0.007

0.025

A→FC→SE→HL

A→FC→SE

0.133

0.211

FC→SE→HL

0.014

0.025

Conscientiousness

→health literacy

C→FC→HL

0.080

0.133

C→SE→HL

0.020

0.042

C→FC→SE→HL

C→FC→SE

0.111

0.184

FC→SE→HL

0.014

0.025

Neuroticism→

health literacy

N→FC→HL

–0.087

–0.038

N→SE→HL

–0.032

–0.014

N→FC→SE→HL

N→FC→SE

–0.120

–0.053

FC→SE→HL

0.014

0.025

Openness→

health literacy

O→SE→HL

0.002

0.017

  1. Note: A: Agreeableness; O: Openness; E: Extraversion; N: Neuroticism; C: Conscientiousness; FC: family communication; SE: self-efficacy; HL: health literacy.