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Table 3 Indirect and direct effects of explanatory variables on response variables (N = 300)

From: Paediatric nurses’ general self-efficacy, perceived organizational support and perceived professional benefits from Class A tertiary hospitals in Jilin province of China: the mediating effect of nursing practice environment

Structural Path

Non-standardized Coefficients

Standard Coefficients

P

95% CI

Direct effects

 POS → NPE

0.677

0.430

0.000

0.497 to 0.857

 POS → NPPB

0.640

0.491

0.000

0.514 to 0.765

 NPE → NPPB

0.257

0.310

0.000

0.177 to 0.366

 GSE → NPE

0.430

0.209

0.000

0.195 to 0.665

Indirect effects

 POS → NPPB

0.174

0.133

0.000

 GSE → NPPB

0.111

0.065

0.000

  1. POS Perceived organizational support, GSE General self-efficacy, NPE Nursing practice environment, NPPB Nurse’s perceived professional benefits. Arrow direction(→) represents the effects of the explanatory variables on the response variables. Indirect effects:0.174(POS→NPPB) = 0.677 × 0.257; Indirect effects 0.111(GSE→NPPB) = 0.430 × 0.257