The role of self-efficacy and self-esteem in mediating positive associations between functional social support and psychological wellbeing in people with a mental health diagnosis

Figures & data

Table 1. Details of the mental health diagnoses of consenting participants.

Mental Health Diagnosis	N
Depression	34
Generalised Anxiety Disorder	17
Schizophrenia	15
Bipolar Disorder	3
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	2
Borderline Personality Disorder	2

Table 2. Pearson correlation matrix, means (M) and standard deviations (SD) for all of the measures.

		2	3	4	N	M	SD
1. Mental Well-being	–	.59**	.49**	.47**	73	20.52	3.44
2. Self-efficacy		–	.25*	.34*	73	26.74	4.71
3. Self-esteem			–	.62**	73	28.27	4.78
4. Perceived Functional Social Support				–	73	26.55	5.18

*p < .05.

**p < .01.

Figure 1. A parallel mediation model displaying the associations between functional social support, self-efficacy, self-esteem and mental well-being.

Figure 2. A conditional inference tree for Mental Well-being (box plots), Efficacy = Self-efficacy; Esteem = Self-esteem; Social sup. = Perceived Functional Social Support.