Effects of social support, hope and resilience on depressive symptoms within 18 months after diagnosis of prostate cancer

Table 4 Multiple mediation of the indirect effects of perceived social support on depressive symptoms through changes in hope and resilience (n = 564; 5000 bootstrap resamples)

Independent variable X	Mediators M	Dependent variable Y	Effect of X on M(a)	Effect of M on Y(b)	Indirect effect (a*b)^b	BCa95% CI^a		Total indirect effect (a*b)^b	BCa95% CI^a		Direct effect (c’)	Total effect (c)
Independent variable X	Mediators M	Dependent variable Y	Effect of X on M(a)	Effect of M on Y(b)	Indirect effect (a*b)^b	Low	High	Total indirect effect (a*b)^b	Low	High	Direct effect (c’)	Total effect (c)
Social support	Hope resilience	Depression	0.4490***	− 0.1764***	− 0.0783	− 0.1341	− 0.0319	− 0.2098	− 0.2734	− 0.1524	− 0.1668***	− 0.3776***
Social support	Hope resilience	Depression	0.4878***	− 0.2698***	− 0.1315	− 0.1894	− 0.0783
Social support-family	Hope resilience	Depression	0.4311***	− 0.1753***	− 0.0754	− 0.1256	− 0.0320	− 0.2014	− 0.2682	− 0.1434	− 0.1842***	− 0.3857***
Social support-family	Hope resilience	Depression	0.4762***	− 0.2645***	− 0.1261	− 0.1847	− 0.0764

All the coefficients are standardized regression coefficients and adjusted for age, education, cancer stage and time since diagnosis
***p < 0.001
^aBCa = Bias corrected and accelerated bootstrapping confidence intervals that include corrections for both median bias and skew. BCa95%Confidence intervals (BCa95%CI) containing 0 is interpreted as not significant
^bBootstrap results for indirect effects after bias corrected

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