Table 2.

Mediation effect test (N = 840).

Dependent Variable	Independent Variable	R2	F	β	SE	t
Moral identity	Gender	0.26	99.66 ***	0.14	0.08	4.64 ***
	Age			0.10	0.03	3.24 **
	Empathy			0.47	0.03	15.95 ***
Prosocial behavior	Gender	0.20	67.59 ***	0.10	0.08	3.26 **
	Age			0.05	0.03	1.44
	Empathy			0.42	0.03	13.50 ***
Prosocial behavior	Gender	0.44	160.83 ***	0.02	0.07	0.86
	Age			−0.01	0.03	−0.40
	Empathy			0.15	0.03	5.01 ***
	Moral identity			0.57	0.03	18.84 ***

Note: ** p  <  0.01,*** p  <  0.001.