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Table 3 Mediation Analysis Coefficients by Storyteller Evaluation and Type of Birth

From: Reproducing fear: the effect of birth stories on nulligravid women’s birth preferences

 

Path a

Path b

Indirect effect

Change in Mediators

β

95% CI

sr2

β

95% CI

sr2

Estimate

Bootstrap Corrected bias

Storyteller Evaluation within Vaginal Birth Stories

 Childbirth fear

0.35***

[0.25, 0.45]

0.10

−4.16**

[−7.17, − 1.15]

0.02

−1.46

[− 3.58, − 0.12]

 CBSEI outcome

− 0.57***

[− 0.79, − 0.65]

0.06

− 0.17

[−1.64, 1.3]

0.00

0.10

[−1.24, 1.07]

 CBSEI self-efficacy

−0.61***

[− 0.82, − 0.40]

0.07

1.90*

[0.36, 3.44]

0.01

−1.15

[−2.74, − 0.19]

Storyteller Evaluation Within Caesarean Birth Stories

 Childbirth fear

0.02

[−0.08, 0.13]

0.00

−4.16**

[−7.17, −1.15]

0.02

 CBSEI outcome

0.15

[−0.07, 0.38]

0.00

−0.17

[−1.64, 1.3]

0.00

 CBSEI self-efficacy

− 0.06

[− 0.27, 0.16]

0.00

1.90*

[0.36, 3.44]

0.01

Type of Birth Within Positive Birth Stories

 Childbirth fear

0.20***

[0.09, 0.30]

0.03

−4.16**

[−7.17, − 1.15]

0.02

− 0.81

[−2.52, − 0.08]

 CBSEI outcome

− 0.34**

[− 0.57, − 0.11]

0.02

−0.17

[− 1.64, 1.3]

0.00

0.06

[−0.70, 0.71]

 CBSEI self-efficacy

0.28*

[−0.50, − 0.07]

0.01

1.90*

[0.36, 3.44]

0.01

−0.54

[−1.45, − 0.09]

Type of Birth Within Negative Birth Stories

 Childbirth fear

−0.13**

[−0.23,-0.03]

0.01

−4.16**

[−7.17, −1.15]

0.02

0.55

[0.05, 1.55]

 CBSEI outcome

0.38**

[0.16, 0.60]

0.03

−0.17

[−1.64, 1.3]

0.00

0.07

[−0.77, 0.83]

 CBSEI self-efficacy

0.27*

[0.06, 0.48]

0.01

1.90*

[0.36, 3.44]

0.01

0.51

[0.05, 1.67]

  1. Note. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001