Effects of illness perception on negative emotions and fatigue in chronic rheumatic diseases: Rumination as a possible mediator

Table 4 Mediation effect of rumination on the relationship between illness perception and fatigue/negative emotions using the sobel test

	Fatigue		Negative emotions
	Sobel z value	P value	Sobel z value	P value
Identity of illness	2.96	0.003	2.64	0.008
Chronicity of illness	1.71	0.086	1.67	0.096
Cyclical nature of illness	2.92	0.003	2.61	0.009
Consequences of illness	3.10	0.002	2.74	0.006
Coherence of illness	-1.50	0.135	-1.46	0.143