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

Table 5 Summary of bootstrap analysis showing the indirect effects of rumination on the three components of illness perception and fatigue and negative emotions

Independent variables	Mediator	Dependent variable	a path coefficient	b path coefficient	c path coefficient	c’ path coefficient	Bootstrap biased correct indirect effects
							Point estimate	Lower	Upper
Identity of illness	Rumination	Fatigue	0.422b	0.703b	0.482b	0.226a	0.457a	0.081	1.116
Cyclical nature of illness	Rumination	Fatigue	0.416b	0.703b	0.477b	0.223a	0.288	-0.097	0.984
Consequences of illness	Rumination	Fatigue	0.443b	0.703b	0.451b	0.174a	0.056	-0.251	0.465
Identity of illness	Rumination	Negative emotions	0.422b	0.626b	0.507b	0.295a	0.714a	0.102	2.029
Cyclical nature of illness	Rumination	Negative emotions	0.416b	0.626b	0.480b	0.266a	0.450	-0.134	1.826
Consequences of illness	Rumination	Negative emotions	0.443b	0.626b	0.489b	0.264a	0.088	-0.370	0.836

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.