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Table 3 SEM-model. Standardized Stata estimates of direct and indirect relationships and total effects of Nurse-Patient-Interaction (NPIS), on Self-Transcendence (ST1 and ST2) and Meaning-in-life (PIL)

From: Nurse-patient interaction and self-transcendence: assets for a meaningful life in nursing home residents?

Construct

Parameter

  

Direct relationships between NPIS and the dependent latent constructs

  

NPISc

 

 ST1d

γb 1,1

0.41

 

t-value

3.59a

 

 ST2e

γ 1,2

0.43

 

t-value

4.37a

 

 PILf

γ 1,3

0.031

 

t-value

0.27

 

Indirecth(mediated) relationship between NPIS and PIL

  

NPIS

TOTAL EFFECTi

 PIL

γ 1,3

0.34

0.37

t-value

3.13a

3.13a

Direct relationships between the dependent latent constructs

  

PIL

 

 ST1

βg 1,2

0.60

 

t-value

3.47a

 

 ST2

β 3,5

0.24

 

t-value

2.10a

 
  1. aSignificant at the 5% level. Listwise N = 180, Missing N = 8. bGamma (γ); standardized regression coefficients representing directional relationships between cNPIS Nurse-Patient-Interaction and dST1 Interpersonal Self-Transcendence, eST2 Intrapersonal self-transcendence and fPIL Meaning-in-life). gBeta (β) standardized regression coefficients representing directional relationships between ST1, ST2 and PIL. hIndirect effects represent the influence of NPIS mediated by intervening variables (mediators). iTotal Effect represent the total influence of the explanatory variable NPIS (direct + indirect effects)