Relationship between perceived social support and disability with the mediating role of perceived stress among older adults

Table 4 The results of total, direct, and indirect relationships of perceived social support and disability and the role of perceived stress as a mediating variable in the SEM model

Variables	Model
Relationship between social support and disability	Regression Coefficients (Standard Errors)
Relationship between social support and disability	Standard	Non-standard
Total	-0.36(0.06) P < 0.001	-0.30(0.06) P < 0.001
Direct pathway	-0.20(0.06) P = 0.001	− 0.16(0.05) P = 0.001
Indirect	-0.17(0.03) P < 0.001	-0.14(0.03) P < 0.001
Goodness of fit
χ2 (df)	76.39 [40]
RMSEA	0.05(0.04, 0.07)
CFI/ TLI	0.97/0.96
SRMR	0.03

χ2 = goodness-of-fit chi-square; CFI = Comparative Fit Index; TLI = Tucker-Lewis Index; RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation; SRMR = standardized root mean square residual, within group

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