The relationship between defending self-efficacy and defending behavior in cyberbullying: a moderated mediation model

Table 3 Testing the moderated mediation effect

Outcome	Predictor	R²	F	β	LLCI	ULCI	t
	Gender	0.32	53.14	0.03	-0.05	0.10	0.62
Defending behavior	Age			0.01	-0.00	0.04	1.29
	Defending self-efficacy			0.18	0.14	0.21	9.83^***
	Empathy			0.07	-0.00	0.14	1.75
	Defending intention			0.09	0.05	0.12	4.36^***
	DI × Empathy			0.09	0.13	0.15	2.98^**
Defending intention	Gender	0.40	90.30	0.06	-0.10	0.22	0.73
	Age			-0.01	-0.05	0.04	-0.23
	Defending self-efficacy			0.55	0.49	0.60	18.72^***
	Empathy			0.35	0.20	0.49	4.74^***
	SE × Empathy			0.13	0.02	0.25	2.21^*
Conditional indirect effect analysis at moderator values
	β	BootSE		BootLLCI		BootULCI
M– 1 SD	0.02	0.01		-0.01		0.04
M	0.05	0.01		0.02		0.07
M + 1 SD	0.08	0.20		0.05		0.11

Note: N = 672, DI = Defending intention, SE = Self-efficacy. Bootstrap sample size = 5000. LL = low limit, CI = confidence interval, UL = upper limit. The research variables in regression models were standardized. ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001

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