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Table 4 Results of multi-level mediation analysis predicting child depression symptom severity

From: Pathways from parental trauma exposure to Syrian and Iraqi refugee youth mental health symptoms: a multi-level mediation analysis

 

Est/Beta

SE

z

p

Direct Effects (Predictor > Outcome)

Age> Child Depression

-0.06

0.25

-0.25

0.804

Female> Child Depression

-0.53

1.49

-0.36

0.722

Cumulative Trauma (M)> PTSD (M)

4.51*

0.81

5.57

<0.001

Cumulative Trauma (M)> Anxiety (M)

0.11*

0.03

4.19

<0.001

Cumulative Trauma (M)> Depression (M)

0.10*

0.03

3.61

<0.001

Cumulative Trauma (M)> PMLD (M)

2.96*

0.52

5.69

<0.001

Cumulative Trauma (M)> Child Depression

0.44

0.57

0.78

0.438

PMLD (M)> Child Depression

0.21*

0.11

1.97

0.049

PTSD (M)> Child Depression

0.05

0.05

0.87

0.383

Anxiety(M)> Child Depression

-2.21

2.32

-0.95

0.342

Depression (M)> Child Depression

1.09

1.95

0.56

0.576

Indirect Effects (on Child Depression)

PTSD (M)

0.02

0.03

0.67

0.502

Anxiety (M)

-0.97

1.64

-0.59

0.553

Depression (M)

0.48

1.08

0.44

0.657

PMLD (M)

0.09

0.10

0.87

0.384

Total

7.30*

1.34

5.46

<0.001

  1. Note. Participants were nested within families to account for nonindependence of observations. Unstandardized estimates are reported. Abbreviations: Random effects (RE); Fixed effects (FE); Maternal (M); Post-migration living difficulties (PMLD)