Table 7.

Test of moderated serial mediation effects.

	Variable			The results of the regression equation and its significance
Result variable	Predictive variable	R2	β	t	95%CI Lower Bound	95%CI Upper Bound
BPN	NLE			−4.64***	−0.09	−0.04
	BP			−23.94***	−10.15	−8.61
	Gender 1			−3.17**	−3.74	−0.88
	Grade 1			0.83	−5.34	9.68
	Grade 2			0.04	−8.67	8.56
	Grade 3			0.27	−4.04	9.69
	NLE × BP	0.02	0.06	5.19***	0.04	0.08
Anxiety	NLE			14.31***	0.06	0.08
	BPN			−5. 69***	−0.10	−0.05
	Gender 1			1.07	−0.24	0.82
	Grade 1			−3.23**	−7.56	−1.23
	Grade 2			−2.27*	−6.55	−0.80
	Grade 3			−2.44*	−6.47	−0.79
	BP			5.28***	0.62	1.35
	NLE × BP	0.01	0.00	4.68***	0.01	0.03
POGU	NLE			2.17*	0.00	0.01
	BPN			−0.19	−0.01	0.01
	Gender 1			6.12***	0.59	1.15
	Grade 1			2.16*	0.14	2.77
	Grade 2			2.10*	0.08	2.34
	Grade 3			2.24*	0.34	3.07
	Anxiety			2.53*	0.01	0.08
	BP			6.15***	0.42	0.81
	NLE × BP	0.00	0.00	1.91+	0.00	0.01

NLE, Negative life events; POG, problematic online gaming use; BPN, Basic psychological needs; BP, Boredom proneness. ⁺: marginally significant.