Table 3 Testing for the mediating role of hope

Age

0.135

0.057

2.358^*

0.012

0.037

0.325

0.128

0.053

2.430^*

Male (ref: female)

0.930

0.731

1.271

0.337

0.476

0.707

0.723

0.671

1.078

At work (ref: no)

0.143

0.868

0.165

0.493

0.565

0.871

–0.160

0.796

–0.201

Educated (ref: no)

4.111

0.898

4.580^***

2.722

0.585

4.655^***

2.439

0.832

2.933^**

Monthly income

0.000

0.000

1.897

0.000

0.000

1.101

0.000

0.000

1.587

Have a spouse (ref: no)

–0.057

1.035

–0.056

1.369

0.675

2.029^*

–0.898

0.951

–0.944

Living alone (ref: no)

1.894

1.091

1.737

0.954

0.711

1.343

1.308

1.001

1.307

Number of children

–0.294

0.252

–1.167

–0.099

0.164

–0.601

–0.233

0.231

–1.010

Times of hospitalization

–0.743

0.245

–3.040^**

–0.398

0.159

–2.498^*

–0.499

0.225

–2.219^*

Functional health

0.207

0.058

3.564^***

0.076

0.038

2.023^*

0.160

0.053

3.001^**

Internet use

3.234

0.848

3.813^***

1.241

0.553

2.246^*

2.472

0.779

3.171^**

Hope

0.614

0.044

14.021^***

Bootstrapping results for the mediating of hope on the association between internet use and subjective wellbeing

Boot

Effect

SE

LLCI

ULCI

Unstandardized

0.762

0.377

0.014

1.473

Standardized

0.066

0.033

0.001

0.128