Fig. 1

Mediational effect of marital adjustment between years in Taiwan and depressive symptoms among immigrant women by using Sobel test. Path (a) modeled marital adjustment as a dependent variable and years in Taiwan as an independent variable (ßa and SEa are the regression coefficient and its standard error, respectively in the model); Path (b) modeled depressive symptoms as a dependent variable and marital adjustment as an independent variable (ßb and SEb are the regression coefficient and its standard error, respectively in the model); Path (c) modeled depressive symptoms as a dependent variable and years in Taiwan as an independent variable (ßc and SEc are the regression coefficient and its standard error, respectively in the model); Path (c’) is the model c added in the marital adjustment as a control variable (ßc’ and SEc’ are the regression coefficient and its standard error, respectively in the model). All models have controlled for age, personal income, husband’s income, education, husband’s education, employment status, and original nationality. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001