The mediating effect of critical thinking between interest in learning and caring among nursing students: a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Mediating effect of critical thinking between interest in learning and caring (n = 692)

	Estimate	95% CI	p
Indirect effect
Interest in learning → Critical thinking → Caring	0.186	0.142 - 0.233	< 0.001
Direct effect
Interest in learning → Critical thinking	0.376	0.303 – 0.448	< 0.001
Interest in learning → Caring	0.154	0.089 - 0.215	< 0.001
Critical thinking → Caring	0.494	0.432 – 0.556	< 0.001
Total effect
Interest in learning → Caring	0.339	0.279 - 0.399	< 0.001

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