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Table 5 Final path model parameter estimates of the relationship between food insecurity, childhood sexual abuse, depression, and the proposed mediator of a latent construct of social support among urban refugee and displaced adolescent boys and young men in Kampala, Uganda

From: Contextual factors associated with depression among urban refugee and displaced youth in Kampala, Uganda: findings from a cross-sectional study

Paths

β (Standard Error)

Critical ratio

P value

Direct effect

 Food insecurity → social support

-0.64 (0.26)

-2.45

0.014

 Childhood sexual abuse → social support

-0.83 (0.57)

-1.47

0.141

 Food insecurity → depression

0.20 (0.22)

0.92

0.357

 Childhood sexual abuse → depression

0.59 (0.43)

1.36

0.174

 Social support → depression

-0.52 (0.11)

-4.69

0.000

Indirect effect

 Food insecurity → social support → depression

0.15 (0.07)

2.01

0.044

 Childhood sexual abuse → social support → depression

0.09 (0.06)

1.38

.167