Infertility, social pressure, and mental health: An empirical study based on a reproductive sociology framework

Table 7 Social pressure mediation analysis

Path	Direct effect	Indirect effect	Total effect	95%CI (indirect)
Women
Infertility characteristics → depression	0.18a	0.34c	0.52c	0.29-0.39
Infertility characteristics → anxiety	0.16a	0.33c	0.49c	0.28-0.38
Men
Infertility characteristics → depression	0.15a	0.23c	0.38c	0.18-0.28
Infertility characteristics → anxiety	0.14	0.21c	0.35c	0.16-0.26
Urban residents
Family pressure → depression	0.24c	0.11a	0.35c	0.05-0.17
Family pressure → anxiety	0.22b	0.10a	0.32c	0.04-0.16
Rural residents
Family pressure → depression	0.36c	0.19b	0.55c	0.13-0.25
Family pressure → anxiety	0.34c	0.22c	0.56c	0.16-0.28
Higher education (≥ college)
Social pressure → depression	0.26c	0.12a	0.38c	0.06-0.18
Social pressure → anxiety	0.24c	0.11a	0.35c	0.05-0.17
Lower education (< college)
Social pressure → depression	0.32c	0.20b	0.52c	0.14-0.26
Social pressure → anxiety	0.30c	0.18b	0.48c	0.12-0.24

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

^cP < 0.001.

CI: Confidence interval.