Table 2 Serial mediation model predicting attentional bias (N = 132).

From: Health anxiety and attentional bias toward virus-related stimuli during the COVID-19 pandemic

Path estimates

Coefficient (SE)

95% CI

LL

UL

a1

3.32 (.79)***

1.74

4.89

a2

4.74 (.96)***

2.83

2.65

d21

0.560 (.09)***

0.36

0.75

b1

0.091 (.11)

− 0.13

0.31

b2

0.450 (.08)***

0.27

0.62

c

4.47 (1.07)***

2.35

6.60

c’

7.75 (1.04)***

5.69

9.81

Indirect effects

Effect (SE)

95% CI

LL

UL

Total

0.231

0.015

0.325

HA → Belief of contagion → AB

0.021

− 0.024

0.073

HA → Consequences of contagion → AB

0.150

0.085

0.237

HA → Belief of contagion → Consequences of contagion → AB

0.059

0.028

0.107

  1. Coefficient, non-standardized B coefficients
  2. SE standard errors, CI bias-corrected and accelerated 95% confidence interval, LL lower limit, UL upper limit, HA health anxiety, AB attentional bias, 5,000 bootstrap samples.
  3. Significant indirect effect in bold. ***Path coefficient significant at p < .001.
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