Autistic traits and self-harm in adolescents: a study on interpersonal psychological theory of suicide

Table 3 The indirect effect of mediators in two mediation models on the recurrence of self-harm as the dichotomous dependent variable

Variables	b	95% CI
Mediators (autistic traits as IV)
Thwarted belonging	36.68	2.68 to 48.09
Perceived burdensomeness	− 1.38	− 3.34 to 1.73
Total indirect effect	35.30	2.61 to 46.61
Mediators (social skill as IV)
Thwarted belonging	1.49	0.64 to 256.29
Perceived burdensomeness	0.03	− 2.12 to 20.33
Total indirect effect	1.52	0.67 to 270.96

IV independent variable; b mediation coefficient; 95% CI lower and upper limits of the b value at 95% confidence interval