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Table 3 Model fit indices and direct, indirect and total standardized effects of model variables on SS using bootstrapping

From: Emotional dysregulation and its pathways to suicidality in a community-based sample of adolescents

 

SEM (n = 2117)

SEMcov (n = 2117)

SEMm (n = 1025)

SEMf (n = 1092)

Fit indices

Chi-square (χ2), df, p-value

88.093

21

 < 0.001***

150.77

32

 < 0.001***

64.82

26

 < 0.001***

76.77

26

 < 0.001***

Comparative fit index (CFI)

0.99

0.98

0.98

0.99

Tucker-Lewis index (TLI)

0.98

0.97

0.97

0.98

Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA)

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.04

Standardized root mean square residual (SRMR)

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

 

β

SE

p

β

SE

p

β

SE

p

β

SE

p

Direct paths

 ED → SS

0.21

0.04

 < 0.001***

0.19

0.04

 < 0.001***

0.11

0.04

0.096

0.22

0.07

 < 0.001***

 ED → Depressiveness

0.76

0.03

 < 0.001***

0.75

0.03

 < 0.001***

0.68

0.03

 < 0.001***

0.78

0.04

 < 0.001***

 ED → NSSI

0.41

0.04

 < 0.001***

0.42

0.40

 < 0.001***

0.31

0.05

 < 0.001***

0.45

0.06

 < 0.001***

 Depressiveness → SS

0.16

0.04

 < 0.001***

0.16

0.04

 < 0.001***

0.23

0.06

0.006**

0.13

0.06

0.017*

 NSSI → SS

0.27

0.05

 < 0.001***

0.27

0.05

 < 0.001***

0.01

0.05

0.861

0.35

0.06

 < 0.001***

Indirect paths

 ED → Depressiveness → SS

0.12

0.03

 < 0.001***

0.11

0.03

 < 0.001***

0.15

0.03

0.007**

0.12

0.05

0.018*

 ED → NSSI → SS

0.11

0.02

 < 0.001***

0.11

0.02

 < 0.001***

0.00

0.01

0.867

0.18

0.04

 < 0.001***

Control variables

 Gender → SS

   

0.06

0.03

 < 0.001***

      

 Gender → ED

   

0.21

0.01

 < 0.001***

      

 Gender → Depressiveness

   

0.02

0.03

0.363

      

 Gender → NSSI

   

− 0.01

0.04

0.726

      

 Age → SS

   

0.03

0.02

0.116

-0.01

0.02

0.840

0.04

0.03

0.146

 Age → ED

   

0.09

0.02

 < 0.001***

0.01

0.04

0.885

0.15

0.03

 < 0.001***

 Age → Depressiveness

   

0.02

0.02

0.148

0.02

0.02

0.471

0.02

0.02

0.290

 Age → NSSI

   

− 0.01

0.02

0.828

-0.03

0.02

0.312

0.00

0.04

0.916

Total effect

0.44

0.04

 < 0.001***

0.39

0.04

 < 0.001***

0.27

0.04

 < 0.001***

0.55

0.05

 < 0.001***

  1. * indicates p < 0.05, ** indicates p < 0.01, *** indicates p < .001. SEM  hypothesized Structural Equation Model, SEMcov  SEM including control variables age and gender, SEMm  SEM based on data of male adolescents, SEMf  SEM based on data of female adolescents, ED  emotional dysregulation, NSSI  nonsuicidal self-injury, SS  severity of suicidality