Online Contingent Attention Training (OCAT): transfer effects to cognitive biases, rumination, and anxiety symptoms from two proof-of-principle studies

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 5 Bootstrap mediation analysis

Path/effect	B mean indirect effect	SE of mean	95% CI mean indirect effect
Path/effect	B mean indirect effect	SE of mean	Lower	Upper
Group → interpretation bias (DS) → anxiety (DS)
a. Group → interpretation bias (DS)	0.3618	0.0744	0.2119	0.5117*
b. Interpretation bias (DS) → anxiety (DS)	− 5.1973	2.2919	− 9.8194	− 0.5753*
c. Group → anxiety (DS)	− 0.8636	1.1828	− 3.2475	1.5202
c'	1.0168	1.4022	− 1.8111	3.8447
a × b	− 1.8804	1.0931	− 4.2138	− 0.0245*
Group → interpretation bias (DS) → rumination (DS)
a. Group → interpretation bias (DS)	0.3618	0.0744	0.2119	0.5117*
b. Interpretation bias (DS) → rumination (DS)	− 5.1657	1.9672	− 9.1330	− 1.1984*
c. Group → rumination (DS)	0.0947	1.0336	− 1.9884	2.1778
c'	1.9637	1.2036	− 0.4637	4.3910
a × b	− 1.8690	0.9266	− 3.8171	− 0.2019*

DS delta score; c = total effect; c' = direct effect; a × b = indirect effect
*Zero is not in the 95% confidence interval (indirect effect significantly different from zero at p < .05)