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Table 6 Interaction effects between mental health and RANAS psychosocial factors on self-reported safe drinking water collection behavior

From: The link between mental health and safe drinking water behaviors in a vulnerable population in rural Malawi

Interactions of RANAS psychosocial factors with mental health

b, 95% CL

t

Conditional effects at values of mental health

1 = poor

0 = good

Others’ behavior village

.100* [.062, .194]

2.09

.927***

.827***

Remembering (pay attention)

.153* [.015, .291]

2.17

.749***

.596***

Remembering (forgetting last 24 h)

.178* [−.335, −.023]

−2.24

−.613***

−.435***

Commitment (important)

−.250* [−.475, −.025]

−2.18

−.316***

−.067

  1. Notes. *p ≤ .05, **p ≤ .01, ***p ≤ .001. N = 634–636 (N = 2–4 missing data), confidence intervals: 95% CL [LL, UL]. Levels of moderator calculated with simple slopes analysis: values for dichotomous moderators are the two values of the moderator. Conditional effects of X (safe drinking water collection) by Mental Health (0 = good, 1 = poor). Mental Health accessed on SRQ-20 scale (0–20), cutoff point ≥7: poor = 1, good = 0