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Table 3 Mediation Tests for Specific Indirect Effects of Child Temperament

From: Child temperament, parent emotions, and perceptions of the child’s feeding experience

Path

Z a

p

Strategies

  

     Child Effortful Control - > Parent Pos Emotion - > Strategies

2.67

.008

     Child Surgency - > Parent Pos Emotion - > Strategies

2.05

.040

     Child Neg Affect - > Parent Pos Emotion - > Strategies

−1.67

.096 ns

     Problems

  

     Child Effortful Control - > Parent Pos Emotion - > Problems

−1.71

.087 ns

     Child Surgency - > Parent Pos Emotion - > Problems

−1.48

.139 ns

     Child Neg Affect - > Parent Neg Emotion - > Problems

2.09

.037

  1. a z-value for Aroian version of the Sobel test.