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Table 4 Bootstrapping indirect effect and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the mediating model

From: Gender differences in pleasure: the mediating roles of cognitive flexibility and emotional expressivity

   

95% CI

Effect

Model pathways

Adjusted indirect effect

Effect size

Lower

Upper

Direct effect

Gender→Anticipatory pleasure

− 0.13

72.22%

  

Gender→Consummatory pleasure

−0.10

76.92%

  

Indirect effect

Gender→Cognitive flexibility→Anticipatory pleasure

0.01

5.56%

.09

0.20

Gender→Cognitive flexibility→Consummatory pleasure

0.02

15.38%

0.24

0.35

Gender→Emotional expressivity→Anticipatory pleasure

−0.06

33.33%

0.37

0.48

Gender→Emotional expressivity→Consummatory pleasure

−0.05

27.78%

0.29

0.40

Total indirect effect

Indirect effect of anticipatory pleasure

−0.05

23.08%

  

Indirect effect of consummatory pleasure

−0.03

   

Total effect

Total effect of anticipatory pleasure

−0.18

   

Total effect of consummatory pleasure

−0.13