Parenting pathways to friendship: how Self-Control and emotion management skills mediate preschoolers’ social lives in China?

Table 4 Direct, indirect, and total effects of the hypothesized model

Model pathways	Estimated effect (β)	Boot SE		95% CI
Model pathways	Estimated effect (β)	Boot SE		Lower	Upper
DIRECT EFFECT
Authoritarian parenting style→Peer interactions	−0.03	0.017		−0.068	0.00
INDIRECT EFFECTS
Authoritarian parenting style → Self-control →Peer interactions	−0.26***	0.03	32.79%	−0.310	−0.200
Authoritarian parenting style →Emotion management skills →Peer interactions	−0.13***	0.02	16.39%	−0.169	−0.089
Authoritarian parenting style → Self-control →Emotion management skills →Peer interactions	−0.35***	0.02	45.90%	−0.396	−0.306
Total effect	−0.73***	0.03		−0.781	−0.675

Note. Authoritarian parenting style as a predictor variable. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

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