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Table 2 Mediation analysis of perceived physical strain accounting for relationship between exercise-induced muscle damage and valence

From: Modelling perception-action coupling in the phenomenological experience of “hitting the wall” during long-distance running with exercise-induced muscle damage in highly trained runners

Effect

Standardised estimate

CR

SE

95%CI

p

Path c (total effect)

− .68

− 4.16

  

< .001

Path a

.38

2.09

  

.036

Path b

− .64

− 5.37

  

< .001

a × b (indirect effect)

−. 24

 

.145

[− .022; − .563]

.025

Path c’ (direct effect)

− .38

− 3.22

  

.001

  1. Note: Maximum likelihood estimates are provided for paths c, a, b, and c’. For the standardised (a × b) indirect effect, bootstrap estimates with CIs are provided. Abbreviations: CR = critical ratio; CI = confidence interval; SE = standard error