Structural equation model of coping and life satisfaction of community-dwelling older people during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 2 The mediation role of coping on life satisfaction from SEM (n = 1351)

	Coping	Life satisfaction
	Direct effect	Direct effect	Indirect effect through coping	Total effect	Indirect effect/total effect (%)
Coping	–	0.093**	–	–	–
Personality
Optimism	0.183***	0.318***	0.017*	0.335***	5.11
Mastery	0.174***	0.195***	0.016*	0.211***	7.71
Interpersonal closeness
Spouse/partner	− 0.041	0.199***	− 0.004	0.195***	–
Children	− 0.018	0.075**	− 0.002	0.073**	–
Other family members	0.070*	0.016	0.007	0.023	–
Friends	0.114***	0.086**	0.011*	0.096***	11.07
Physical and psychological functioning
Comorbidity	0.016	− 0.057*	0.001	− 0.055*	–
IADL	− 0.107**	− 0.118***	− 0.010*	− 0.128***	7.77
Frailty	− 0.0002	− 0.137***	− 0.00001	− 0.137***	–
Memory	0.019	0.052	0.002	0.054	–