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Table 6 Mediation effects for physical and mental health status and global QOL

From: Self-reported physical and mental health status and quality of life in adolescents: a latent variable mediation model

 

Effect of self-reported physical

health status on global QOL

Effect of self-reported mental

health status on global QOL

Mediating variable

B indirect

SE B

% mediation

B indirect

SE B

% mediation

Family1

0.01

0.00

10.8%

0.07

0.01

13.7%

Friends1

-0.00

0.00

-1.0%

-0.00

0.00

-0.8%

Living1

0.00

0.00

2.8%

0.01

0.01

2.8%

School1

0.00

0.00

1.2%

0.00

0.00

0.6%

Self1

0.07

0.01

54.0%

0.14

0.01

29.1%

Total indirect effects2

0.08

 

67.8%

0.22

 

45.4%

  1. Notes: Degree of mediation attributed to each satisfaction variable was calculated as the indirect effect for that variable divided by the total effect for physical or mental health status. N = 6,932.
  2. 1 Indirect effect of physical or mental health status on global quality of life as mediated by one of the life domains.
  3. 2 Sum of all indirect effects for physical and mental health status explaining global quality of life.