Table 3.

Testing the mediating effects of nature connectedness with indirect nature contact as the predictor.

Predictors	Model 1a (Cognitive reappraisal)		Model 1b (Expressive suppression)		Model 2 (Nature connectedness)		Model 3a (Cognitive reappraisal)		Model 3b (Expressive suppression)
	β	t	β	t	β	t	β	t	β	t
Gender (ref. female)	0.010	0.289	0.207	3.347**	− 0.085	− 4.614***	0.075	2.369*	0.174	2.818**
Age	− 0.001	− 0.114	− 0.041	− 3.720***	− 0.002	− 0.497	0.001	0.097	− 0.042	− 3.801***
Education level (ref. undergraduate students)
High school degree or below	0.203	1.498	0.394	1.631	− 0.092	− 1.268	0.273	2.208*	0.358	1.493
Undergraduate or college degree	0.035	0.553	0.083	0.732	− 0.006	− 0.171	0.040	0.683	0.081	0.717
Master’s degree or above	− 0.006	− 0.087	− 0.202	− 1.587	− 0.047	− 1.231	0.030	0.456	− 0.221	− 1.740
Indirect contact	0.072	4.278***	− 0.004	− 0.139	0.022	2.460*	0.055	3.579***	0.004	0.146
Nature connectedness							0.765	20.459***	− 0.386	− 5.311***
R2	0.014		0.023		0.014		0.179		0.036
F	5.080***		8.066***		4.926***		65.019***		11.034***

***p < .001, **p < .01, *p < .05; Models 1a, 2, and 3a show the mediating effect of nature connectedness between indirect contact and cognitive reappraisal; Models 1b, 2, and 3b show the mediating effect of nature connectedness between indirect contact and expressive suppression.