Table 3.

The Moderated Mediation Model

Model/Effect	β	S.E.	t	p	LLCI	ULCI
Model for predicting SEC
Constant	0.001	0.008	0.124	0.902	−0.016	0.018
PD	0.221	0.009	25.754	0.000	0.204	0.238
TCB	0.591	0.008	69.593	0.000	0.574	0.607
PD × TCB	0.016	0.008	1.947	0.052	0.000	0.033
Model for predicting AE
Constant	−0.018	0.009	−2.127	0.033	−0.035	−0.001
PD	0.007	0.008	0.861	0.389	−0.009	0.023
TCB	0.243	0.012	20.546	0.000	0.528	0.566
PD × TCB	−0.062	0.008	−7.782	0.000	−0.078	−0.047
SEC	0.547	0.010	55.402	0.000	0.219	0.266
SEC × TCB	0.025	0.006	4.179	0.000	0.013	0.036
Conditional effect analysis (direct)
M −1SD	0.069	0.012	5.649	0.000	0.045	0.093
M +1SD	−0.033	0.009	−3.640	0.000	−0.050	−0.015
Conditional effect analysis (indirect)
M −1SD	0.522	0.012	44.958	0.000	0.050	0.545
M +1SD	0.563	0.010	53.789	0.000	0.542	0.583

Note: N = 8625.

Abbreviations: PD, Psychological Distress; AE, Academic Engagement; SEC, Social-Emotional Competence; TCB, Teachers’ Caring Behavior.