Table 2.
Testing mediation effects of perceived COVID-19 stress on online aggression.
| Predictors | Model 1 (OA) | Model 2 (AN) | Model 3 (OA) | Model 5 (OA) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β (95% CI) | t | β (95% CI) | t | β (95% CI) | t | β (95% CI) | t | |
| Gender | −0.63 (−0.68, −0.58) | 35.22** | −0.48 (−0.53, −0.43) | −19.38** | −0.40 (−0.44, −0.36) | −18.46** | −0.40 (−0.44, −0.36) | −19.22** |
| PCS | 0.41 (0.39, 0.44) | −26.46** | 0.61 (0.59, 0.64) | 50.16** | 0.12 (0.10, 0.15) | 9.12** | 0.10 (0.07, 0.12) | 7.56** |
| AN | 0.48 (0.45, 0.50) | 34.36** | 0.39 (0.37, 0.42) | 28.27** | ||||
| PA | 0.07 (0.05, 0.09) | 6.89** | ||||||
| PCS × PA | 0.05 (0.02,0.07) | 3.84** | ||||||
| AN × PA | 0.13 (0.11, 0.17) | 10.47** | ||||||
| R2 | 0.47 | 0.38 | 0.53 | 0.58 | ||||
| F | 1576.11** | 1090.05** | 1357.96** | 813.66** | ||||
N = 3,609, **p < 0.001; PCS, Perceived COVID-19 stress; AN, Anxiety; OA, Online Aggression; PA, Perceived Anonymity.