Table 4 Multiple mediation model with desire to have children as predictor, treatment-related regret, psychological VOC, consequences and emotional representation as mediators and fertility-related distress as outcome

Constant

i_M1

1.04

0.18

< 0.01

i_M2

3.02

0.13

< 0.01

i_M3

4.76

0.46

< 0.01

i_M4

5.74

0.46

< 0.01

i_Y

−20.98

6.83

< 0.01

Desire to have children

a₁

0.21

0.06

< 0.01

a₂

0.13

0.04

< 0.01

a₃

0.28

0.14

≤0.05

a₄

0.29

0.14

≤0.05

c’

2.35

0.97

≤0.05

Treatment-related regret

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

b₁

3.45

1.37

≤0.05

VOC_P

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

b₂

4.08

1.83

≤0.05

Consequences (IPQ1)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

b₃

1.36

0.65

≤0.05

Emotional representation (IPQ8)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

b₄

2.65

0.64

< 0.01

Model fit