The mediating effects of attitude toward death and meaning of life on the relationship between perception of death and coping with death competence among Chinese nurses: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Mediation effect test results

Path	Effect	SE	95%CI	Relative mediation effect
Direct effect
Perception of death→CDC	0.140	0.067	0.021 ~ 0.287	40.70%
Indirect effect
Perception of death→Natural acceptance→CDC	0.105	0.023	0.061 ~ 0.152	30.52%
Perception of death→Meaning of life→CDC	0.077	0.029	0.024 ~ 0.137	22.38%
Perception of death→Natural acceptance→Meaning of life	0.023	0.009	0.008 ~ 0.042	6.68%
Total effect	0.344	0.066	0.214 ~ 0.471

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