Table 3 Mediating effect and 95% confidence interval estimated by the bootstrap method.

From: The mediating role of coping styles between physical activity and sense of meaning in life among Chinese college students

  

Estimate

Bias-corrected 95% CI

Percentile 95% CI

Percentage of effect

Lower

Upper

p

Lower

Upper

p

PA

Indirect effect

0.113

0.083

0.143

***

0.083

0.143

***

70.63%

Direct effect

0.047

0.008

0.085

*

0.008

0.084

*

29.37%

Total effect

0.160

0.111

0.209

***

0.110

0.208

***

 

Low PA

Indirect effect

 − 0.085

 − 0.113

 − 0.055

**

 − 0.115

 − 0.056

***

67.46%

Direct effect

 − 0.040

 − 0.074

 − 0.008

*

 − 0.073

 − 0.007

*

31.75%

Total effect

 − 0.126

 − 0.168

 − 0.081

***

 − 0.168

 − 0.082

***

 

Medium PA

Indirect effect

0.036

0.007

0.064

*

0.008

0.065

*

 

Direct effect

 − 0.005

0.057

0.102

 − 0.006

0.056

0.106

 

Total effect

0.020

0.104

**

0.020

0.104

**

 

High PA

Indirect effect

0.085

0.056

0.114

***

0.056

0.114

***

 

Direct effect

 − 0.007

0.063

0.119

 − 0.008

0.062

0.125

 

Total effect

0.065

0.158

**

0.066

0.159

**

 
  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.05.