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The total indirect effect of PAUSCP on SVA through NCSE and FOF was significant (IE\u00a0=\u00a00.194, 95% CrI [0.158, 0.234]). Specifically, all three mediation pathways were significant: via NCSE alone (IE\u00a0=\u00a00.142, 95% CrI [0.112, 0.176]), via FOF alone (IE\u00a0=\u00a00.035, 95% CrI [0.017, 0.056]), and via the sequential chain pathway (IE\u00a0=\u00a00.017, 95% CrI [0.008, 0.027]).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings suggest that higher PAUSCP is concurrently associated with higher SVA symptoms and that NCSE and FOF statistically account for part of this association in the specified model. PAUSCP was associated with SVA among the surveyed junior high school students through the statistical pathways involving NCSE and FOF. 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