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

Table 5 Direct, indirect, and total effects of the hypothesized model

Model pathways	Estimated effect (β)	Boot SE	Ration	95% CI
Model pathways	Estimated effect (β)	Boot SE	Ration	Lower	Upper
DIRECT EFFECT
Authoritative parenting style→Peer interactions	0.07	0.03		0.011	0.120
INDIRECT EFFECTS
Authoritative parenting style →Self-control →Peer interactions	0.19***	0.02	26.47%	0.112	0.177
Authoritative parenting style →Emotion management skills →Peer interactions	0.24***	0.02	35.29%	0.155	0.228
Authoritative parenting style → Self-control →Emotion management skills →Peer interactions	0.19***	0.02	27.94%	0.125	0.178
Total effect	0.61***	0.03		0.444	0.526

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

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