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Table 3 Mediation analyses results, taking each child abuse subscale as the independent variable, suicidal ideation as the mediator and the presence/absence of premenstrual symptoms as the dependent variable

From: Mediating effect of suicidal ideation in the association between child abuse and premenstrual syndrome among female adults

 

Direct effect

Indirect effect

 

Beta

SE

p

Beta

Boot SE

Boot CI

Psychological abuse

0.17

0.05

< 0.001

0.08

0.03

0.03; 0.15*

Neglect

-0.06

0.02

0.007

0.01

0.01

0.004; 0.03*

Physical abuse

0.11

0.05

0.024

0.09

0.03

0.04; 0.16*

Sexual abuse

0.07

0.05

0.198

0.10

0.03

0.05; 0.18*

  1. *indicates significant mediation. Direct effect refers to the direct association between child abuse and the presence of premenstrual symptoms without the effect of the mediator, whereas the indirect effect refers to the same association through the mediator (suicidal ideation).
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