The relationship between stigma and psychological distress among Chinese youth with epilepsy: the mediating role of physical activity

Table 4 Summary of mediation analysis for stigma, PA components, and psychological distress

Independent variable	Mediating variable	Dependent variable	Coefficient (bias − correctedbootstrap95% CI)
Stigma	PA	Psychological distress	Indirect effect (ab)	Total effect (c)	Direct effect (c’)
	Intensity
		¹Depression	0.019(0.000, 0.040)	0.316(0.229, 0.346)	0.298(0.262, 0.333)
		²Anxiety	0.027(0.007, 0.048)	0.324(0.298, 0.355)	0.300(0.266, 0.333)
		³Stress	0.005(-0.017, 0.031)	0.452(0.416, 0.487)	0.446(0.404, 0.489)
	Duration
		⁴Depression	0.023(0.002, 0.044)	0.316(0.787, 0.346)	0.294(0.258, 0.330)
		⁵Anxiety	0.034(0.015, 0.055)	0.326(0.298, 0.355)	0.292(0.259, 0.326)
		⁶Stress	0.037(0.012, 0.061)	0.452(0.416, 0.487)	0.415(0.373, 0.457)
	Frequency
		⁷Depression	0.002(-0.013, 0.017)	0.316(0.287, 0.346)	0.315(0.281, 0.348)
		⁸Anxiety	0.002(-0.011, 0.016)	0.326(0.298, 0.355)	0.324(0.292, 0.356)
		⁹Stress	0.028(0.010, 0.049)	0.452(0.416, 0.487)	0.423(0.385, 0.463)

Note: covariates: age, gender, one-child family, place of residence, average monthly household income, and seizure type. Significant effects are shown in bold. The superscript number is the mediation model number

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