Exercise stereotypes and fatigue in people living with HIV: does self-efficacy play a mediating or a moderating role?

Table 4 Total, direct and indirect effects of exercise stereotypes dimensions as independent variables, perceived physical fatigue as mediator and exercise self-efficacy as a moderator on physical activity in people living with HIV, France 2017

	Mediators	IV → mediator(s)	Mediator(s) → DV	Total effect	Direct effect	Indirect effect	95% CI
BEN → PA	FAT	.07**	−.12	.09*	.07	.02*	[.002to .040]
BENxSE→PA	FAT	−.16	−.12	−.16**	−.16**	−.003	−.017 to .004]
RIS → PA	FAT	.001*	−.12	−.09	−.07	−.01*	[−.036 to −.001]
RISxSE→PA	FAT	−.06	−.12	−.06	−.06	.001	[−.009 to .018]
LCE → PA	FAT	.001**	−.12	−.17**	−.11	−.06	[−.116 to −.007]
LCExSE→PA	FAT	−.06**	−.12	.14*	.12	.02*	[.002 to .037]

Notes. N = 305, IV independent variable, DV dependent variable, BEN exercise benefits stereotypes, RIS exercise risks stereotypes, LCE lack of capacity for exercise stereotypes, SE exercise self-efficacy, FAT perceived physical fatigue, 95% CI lower and upper bound of bias-corrected 95% confidence interval with 5000 bootstrap samples
*p < .05. **p < .01, ***p < .001

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