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

Table 5 Coefficient estimates for the moderated mediation model for expressive suppression

	First stage (dependent variable = SE)		Second stage (dependent variable = depression symptoms)		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	0.08	3.24^**	-0.05	-1.73	-0.02	-0.79
R²	0.02		0.02		0.01
F	64.03^***		53.52^***		31.61^***
*Sep 2: Main Effects*
Age	0.01	7.60^***	-0.01	-6.00^***	-0.01	-4.02^***
Sex	-0.04	-1.59	0.07	2.98^**	0.08	3.09^**
CT	-0.41	-34.26^***	0.21	15.82^***	0.20	14.66^***
ES	-0.06	-5.38^***	0.13	10.57^***	0.09	7.33^***
SE			-0.25	-19.69^***	-0.21	-15.69^***
R²	0.18		0.18		0.13
F	335.30^***		261.09^***		179.68^***
Incremental F	594.03^***		392.54^***		275.52^***
*Step3: Moderators*
Age	0.01	7.61^***	-0.01	-5.85^***	-0.01	-3.90^***
Sex	-0.05	-1.85	0.07	2.66^**	0.07	2.84^**
CT	-0.40	-33.97^***	0.21	16.07^***	0.20	14.85^***
ES	-0.07	-5.66^***	0.13	10.59^***	0.09	7.34^***
CT × ES	0.03	3.19^**
SE			-0.25	-19.76^***	-0.21	-15.74^***
SE ×ES			-0.05	-4.73^***	-0.04	-3.64^***
R²	0.18		0.18		0.13
F	270.68^***		222.07^***		152.24^***
Incremental F	10.16^**		22.40^***		13.24^***

Note. N = 6057
The moderated mediation effect of expressive suppression (ES) 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 ES) in step 2, and moderators (CT × ES) 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, ES, and SE) in step 2, and moderators (SE × ES) in step 3
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

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