Table 3 Estimates and confidence intervals of total, direct, and indirect effects for coach choice
From: Career coach preferences of medical students: coaching specialist or specialistic coach?
Path | Unstandardized | Standardized | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower 2.5% | Point estimate | Upper 2.5% | Lower 2.5% | Point estimate | Upper 2.5% | |
Total effects from occupational background to coach choice | 0.20 | 0.97 | 1.76 | .07 | .30 | .52 |
Total indirect effects | -0.12 | 0.38 | 0.95 | -.04 | .12 | .28 |
Specific indirect effects | ||||||
 Occupational background ➔ trust ➔ coach choice | -0.03 | 0.07 | 0.32 | -.01 | .02 | .10 |
 Occupational background ➔ safety ➔ coach choice | -0.29 | -0.08 | 0.02 | -.09 | -.02 | .01 |
 Occupational background ➔ understanding ➔ coach choice | 0.10 | 0.43 | 0.97 | .03 | .14 | .30 |
 Occupational background ➔ coaching skills ➔ coach choice | -0.70 | -0.34 | -0.10 | -.21 | -.10 | -.03 |
 Occupational background ➔ career information ➔ coach choice | 0.04 | 0.26 | 0.66 | .01 | .08 | .20 |
 Occupational background ➔ networking possibilities ➔ coach choice | -0.23 | 0.02 | 0.31 | -.07 | .01 | .10 |
Direct effect of occupational background to coach choice | -0.10 | 0.58 | 1.33 | -.04 | .18 | .40 |