Self-efficacy in daily functioning
(independent variables)
Actual performance in daily tasks
(mediator)
Negative affect
(dependent variable)
Relationship between actual performance in daily task and  negative affect when self-efficacy in daily functioning is added to the equation Negative affect with actual performance in daily tasks as the mediator Sobel test %of variance accounted for by indirect effect
Self-efficacy in daily living
  Daily Living Self-Efficacy
 Scale (DLSES) Self-efficacy in

psychosocial functioning
Psychosocial subscale of
  the DLSES

β
= .763
(p = .000)


β = .728
(p = .000)

β
= -.337
(p = .002)


β = -.420
(p = .000)

β
= -.121
(p = .469)


β
= -.004
(p = .979)

β = -.244
(p = .147)


β = -.417
(p = .008)

z
= -.074
(p = .230)


z = -.034
(p = .486)

22%



0.7%
Table 8: Results of Regression Analyses Testing for the Effect of the Mediator ‘Actual Performance in Daily Tasks’ on the Relationship between Self-Efficacy in Daily Functioning and Negative Affect.