The role of self-esteem and emotion regulation in the associations between childhood trauma and mental health in adulthood: a moderated mediation model

Table 3 Coefficient estimates for the moderated mediation model for cognitive reappraisal

	First stage (dependent variable = SE)		Second stage (dependent variable = depression symptoms)		The second stage (dependent variable = anxiety symptoms)
	B	t	B	t	B	t
*Step 1: Control variables*
Age	0.02	10.97^***	-0.02	-10.26^***	-0.01	-7.94^***
Sex	0.084	3.237^**	-0.045	-1.727	-0.02	-0.79
R²	0.02		0.02		0.01
F	64.05^***		53.52^***		31.61^***
*Sep 2: Main effects*
Age	0.01	7.57^***	-0.01	-5.78^***	-0.01	-3.87^***
Sex	-0.04	-1.82	0.01	0.32	0.03	1.25
CT	-0.35	-28.69^***	0.22	16.52^***	0.21	15.13^***
CR	0.17	14.32^***	0.11	8.44^***	0.08	6.08^***
SE			-0.28	-21.59^***	-0.23	-17.05^***
R²	0.20		0.17		0.13
F	388.82^***		251.43^***		175.86^***
Incremental F	698.85^***		376.72^***		269.22^***
*Step3: Moderators*
Age	0.01	7.67^***	-0.01	-5.76^***	-0.01	-3.86^***
Sex	-0.04	-1.74	0.01	0.32	0.03	1.25
CT	-0.37	-29.07^***	0.22	16.55^***	0.21	15.07^***
CR	0.18	14.85^***	0.11	8.44^***	0.08	6.08^***
CT × CR	-0.05	-4.96^***
SE			-0.28	-21.42^***	-0.23	-16.95^***
SE ×CR			-0.01	-1.24	-0.01	-0.49
R²	0.21		0.17		0.13
F	317.18^***		209.80^***		146.57^***
Incremental F	24.58^***		1.53		0.24

Note. N = 6057
The moderated mediation effect of cognitive reappraisal (CR) was tested by hierarchical regression, including the first- and second-stage moderated mediated model, each of which can be divided into the following three steps. For the first stage (dependent variable = self-esteem (SE)), age and sex were entered as a block in step 1, followed by main effects (childhood trauma (CT) and CR) in step 2, and moderators (CT × CR) in step 3. Then, for the second stage (dependent variable = depression/anxiety symptoms), age and sex were entered as a block in step 1, followed by main effects (CT, CR, and SE) in step 2, and moderators (SE × CR) in step 3
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

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