Table 4.

Testing the moderated mediation effect with direct or indirect nature contact as the predictor.

Predictors	Model 1 (Nature connectedness)		Model 2a (Cognitive reappraisal)		Model 2b (Expressive suppression)		Model 3 (Nature connectedness)		Model 4a (Cognitive reappraisal)		Model 4b (Expressive suppression)
	β	t	β	t	β	t	β	t	β	t	β	t
Gender (ref. female)	− 0.078	− 4.695***	0.066	2.199*	0.179	2.918**	− 0.072	− 4.334***	0.071	2.363*	0.172	2.790**
Age	− 0.005	− 1.548	− 0.003	− 0.604	− 0.043	− 3.934***	− 0.004	− 1.341	− 0.003	− 0.617	− 0.044	− 4.029***
Education level (ref. undergraduate students)
High school degree or below	− 0.032	− 0.483	0.341	2.931**	0.386	1.614	− 0.012	− 0.177	0.362	3.091**	0.440	1.832
Undergraduate or college degree	0.038	1.258	0.118	2.168*	0.103	0.924	0.041	1.328	0.106	1.919	0.111	0.985
Master’s degree or above	− 0.022	− 0.638	0.057	0.924	− 0.215	− 1.702	− 0.025	− 0.713	0.049	0.802	− 0.209	− 1.656
Direct nature contact	0.018	2.356*	0.044	3.207**	− 0.027	− 0.979
Indirect nature contact							− 0.003	− 0.363	0.025	1.694	− 0.010	− 0.338
Engagement with natural beauty (ENB)	0.199	21.233***	0.294	15.943***	0.124	3.274**	0.205	21.964***	0.297	16.011***	0.137	3.610***
Direct nature contact × ENB	0.008	0.998	0.044	2.905**	− 0.025	− 0.819
Indirect nature contact × ENB							0.028	3.506***	0.038	2.653**	0.079	2.661**
Nature connectedness			0.490	12.465***	− 0.502	− 6.214***			0.493	12.489***	− 0.525	− 6.505***
Nature connectedness × ENB			− 0.006	− 0.166	− 0.067	− 0.961			0.000	0.006	− 0.076	− 1.097
R2	0.197		0.272		0.042		0.200		0.269		0.044
F	64.210***		78.039***		9.138***		65.058***		76.727***		9.700***

***p < .001, **p < .01, *p < .05; Models 1, 2a, and 2b show the moderating effect of ENB with direct nature contact as a predictor; Models 3, 4a, and 4b show the moderating effect of ENB with indirect nature contact as a predictor.