Table 2.

Regression coefficients and parameter estimates.

Predictor	Outcome		Estimate	Std. Error	z-value	p	95% CI
							LL	UL
Gender	Career motivation (IV)		0.291	0.104	2.785	0.005	−0.005	0.583
Age	Career motivation (IV)		0.069	0.015	4.678	<0.001	0.027	0.118
Self-efficacy (ME)	Employability (DV)	b1	1.336	0.230	5.796	<0.001	0.736	2.038
Career motivation (IV)	Employability (DV)	c1	0.092	0.143	0.643	0.520	−0.254	0.392
Gender	Employability (DV)		−0.731	0.236	−3.098	0.002	−1.185	−0.318
Age	Employability (DV)		0.116	0.045	2.604	0.009	0.049	0.182
Career motivation (IV)	Self-efficacy (ME)	a1	0.175	0.023	7.583	<0.001	0.107	0.267
Gender	Self-efficacy (ME)		0.132	0.032	4.141	<0.001	0.029	0.238
Age	Self-efficacy (ME)		0.008	0.005	1.650	0.099	−0.006	0.021
Indirect effect	a1 * b1		0.234	0.049	4.821	<0.001	0.119	0.432
Total effect	a1 * b1 + c1		0.326	0.123	2.643	0.008	0.032	0.614

CI, confidence interval; LL, lower limit; UL, upper limit; IV, independent variable; DV, dependent variable; ME, mediator.