Coping strategies mediate the association between stigma and fertility quality of life in infertile women undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer

Table 3 Standardized direct, indirect, and total effects for hypothetical model (N = 768)

Path	Direct effect 1	Direct effect 2	Indirect effect	Total effect	SMC (R²)
Stigma → Active-avoidance → FertiQoL	0.61^***	− 0.26^***	− 0.16^***	− 0.69^***	0.374
Stigma → Active-confronting → FertiQoL	0.42^***	− 0.14^***	− 0.06^***	− 0.59^***	0.179
Stigma → Passive avoidance → FertiQoL	0.40^***	− 0.14^***	− 0.06^***	− 0.59^***	0.160
Stigma → Meaning-based → FertiQoL	0.18^***	0.13^***	0.02^***	− 0.51^***	0.031
Stigma → FertiQoL	− 0.53^***		− 0.26^***	− 0.79***	0.694

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