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Table 3 Total, direct, and indirect effects of psychosocial factors on the relationship between PNDP and emotional distress using mediating effect analysis

From: Emotional distress among adolescents living with perinatal HIV in India: examining predictors and their mediating and moderating effects

Mediator

Path a, SE,

95% CI

Path b, SE,

95% CI

Path c’, SE, 95% CI

Path ab, SE, 95% CI

Anger

6.90*, 2.16,

2.60–11.19

0.44*, 0.08,

0.28–0.61

4.10*, 1.82,

0.49–7.70

3.06*, 1.35,

0.61–5.87

Body image

4.90*, 1.21,

1.67–6.50

0.74*, 0.14,

0.45–1.03

4.10*, 1.85,

0.42–7.79

3.04, 1.27,

0.73–5.73

Hypervigilance

0.19, 1.07,

− 1.93–2.32

0.95, 0.16,

0.62–1.27

6.97*, 1.69,

3.61–10.32

0.18, 1.26,

− 2.05–2.95

  1. Models were adjusted for sex, awareness of HIV status, and awareness of having a chronic illness. *P < 0.05, SE Standard Error, 95% CI – 95% Confidence intervals