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As the results of the ANCOVA and HC3 models revealed significant effects on sleep quality, social support, and life satisfaction, we explored their potential as mediators or moderators in explaining the reduction in stress, anxiety, and possibly depression after the mindfulness intervention. In this sense, Table 4 shows the mediation analysis, where the direct effect of the mindfulness intervention on anxiety, as mediated by sleep quality, was negative (-0.30), but the indirect effect had a p-value of 0.07, indicating no significance. For stress, social support was tested as a mediator. Although the direct effect was also negative (-0.40), the indirect effect showed a borderline significance (p = 0.05). While this suggests a potential partial mediation, it is not strong enough to be considered a definitive mediating effect; however, further research is needed to confirm this role. For life satisfaction as a mediator of depression, neither the direct (-0.20) nor the indirect effect (-0.01) was significant (p = 0.15). Finally, Table 5 shows the moderation analysis where the interaction terms between the group and the moderators were all non-significant. Need Assignment Help?