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Table 3 Unstandardized regression coefficients 1 from OLS regression predicting CESD 2 using personality-related characteristics (n = 3,105)

From: Interpersonal discrimination and depressive symptomatology: examination of several personality-related characteristics as potential confounders in a racial/ethnic heterogeneous adult sample

Measures

α paths]

Disc < = Conf.

β paths

Conf. = > CESD

α paths x β paths

Indirect effect

  Sobel test statistic and SE for indirect effect

Proportion confounded

Hostility

−0.1537**

−0.1072**

0.0165

  −4.72, 0.004**

0.0871

Anger-in

−0.0985**

−0.1098**

0.0108

  −3.78, 0.003**

0.0572

Anger-out

−0.1314**

−0.0226

0.0030

  −1.28, 0.002

0.0157

Pessimism

−0.1081**

−0.0746**

0.0081

  −3.56, 0.002**

0.0426

Optimism

−0.0701**

−0.0393*

0.0028

  −1.96, 0.001~

0.0146

Self-esteem

−0.1121**

−0.2722**

0.0305

  −5.48, 0.006**

0.1613

  

Total indirect effect

  0.0716

 
  

Direct effect

  0.1176

 
  

Total effect

  0.1892

 
  

Total proportion confounded

  0.3784

 
  1. 1Controlling for age, sex, income, education, race/ethnicity, employment status, marital status, US nativity status, chronic illness and experiences of stressful life events.
  2. 2Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD).
  3. Abbreviations: Disc Average Daily Discrimination, Conf. Confounding variable.
  4. ~p < 0.06, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001.