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Table 4 Path coefficients and p-values of direct effects on LoC, disease burden and self-rated health

From: The influence of locus of control on self-rated health in context of chronic disease: a structural equation modeling approach in a cross sectional study

Background variables	Mediating variables								Dependent variable
	MHLC-I^a		MHLC-C^a		MHLC-PO^a		Disease burden		Self-rated health
	PC	p-value	PC	p-value	PC	p-value	PC	p-value	PC	p-value
Gender	-0.15	<0.001	-0.04	N.s.^b	-0.209	<0.001	0.04	N.s.^b	0.02	N.s.^b
Age	-0.17	0.004	0.12	0.010	0.24	<0.001	0.08	N.s.^b	-0.05	N.s.^b
Education level	-0.05	N.s.^b	-0.25	<0.001	-0.109	0.008	0.02	N.s.^b	0.03	N.s.^b
MHLC-I^a							-0.13	0.002	0.24	<0.001
MHLC-C^a							0.19	<0.001	-0.14	0.002
MHLC-PO^a							0.06	N.s.^b	-0.14	0.002
Disease burden									-0.30	<0.001

^aMultidimensional health locus of control in intern (-I), chance (-C) and powerful other (-PO).
^bNot significant.
Path coefficients (PC) for direct effects in the structural equation model.

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