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Table 5 Total, direct and indirect effects of maternal grandmother SRQ-20 on grandchild emotional and behavioural problemsa (mothers and maternal grandmothers only; n = 68)

From: Grandmothers’ mental health is associated with grandchildren’s emotional and behavioral development: a three-generation prospective study in Brazil

n = 68

Total

Indirect effect through maternal perinatal SRQ-20

Direct

Proportion of effect explained through indirect pathway

Emotional

0.363, p = 0.001

0.106, p = 0.082

0.256, p = 0.048

29%

Behavioural

0.287, p = 0.025

0.078, p = 0.135

0.210, p = 0.151

27%

  1. Note: aStandardised β-coefficients