Table 4.

Mediation model and moderated mediation model (N = 815).

		Mediation model			Moderated mediation model
Process	Predictors	β	SE	t	β	SE	t
1. Mediator variable model (ARS)	Constant	-3.766	2.714	-1.387	-3.766	2.714	-1.387
	Age	0.137	0.137	1.000	0.137	0.137	1.000
	Only child	0.258	0.359	0.720	0.258	0.359	0.720
	Romantic relationship	-0.036	0.390	-0.092	-0.036	0.390	-0.092
	SES	0.119	0.232	0.511	0.119	0.232	0.511
	Father education	0.288	0.250	1.152	0.288	0.250	1.152
	Mother education	-0.018	0.255	-0.072	-0.018	0.255	-0.072
	AA	2.790	0.215	12.970***	2.790	0.215	12.970***
2. Dependent variable model (BDD)	Constant	1.15	0.199	5.782	1.100	0.200	5.490
	Age	0.010	0.010	0.949	0.010	0.010	1.000
	Only child	0.044	0.026	1.664	0.050	0.026	1.912
	Romantic relationship	0.066	0.029	2.314*	0.068	0.029	2.367*
	SES	-0.026	0.017	-1.504	-0.020	0.017	-1.166
	Father education	0.021	0.018	1.141	0.018	0.018	1.002
	Mother education	-0.010	0.018	-0.546	-0.009	0.019	-0.468
	AA	0.086	0.017	4.962***	0.088	0.017	5.085***
	ARS	0.031	0.003	12.077***	0.028	0.003	8.882***
	Gender				0.057	0.025	2.237*
	ARS*Gender				0.010	0.005	1.982*
		R2 = 0.257, F = 34.872, df1 = 8, df2 = 806			R2 = 0.265, F = 28.972, df1 = 10, df2 = 804
Process				Condition	Effect	Bootstrapped SE	Bootstrapped 95% CI
3. Conditional indirect effects of AA on BDD through ARS according to gender				Male	0.078	0.013	[0.055, 0.104]
				Female	0.105	0.017	[0.073, 0.141]

*p <.05. **p <.01. ***p <.001. AA, attachment anxiety; ARS, appearance-based rejection sensitivity; BDD, body dysmorphic disorder; SES, subjective economic status. All βs are unstandardized coefficients.