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Table 3.

Summary of mediation results (5,000 bootstrap samples, N = 455)

	Independent variable (IV)	Mediating variable (M)	Dependent variable (DV)	Effect of IV on M (a)	Effect of M on DV (b)	Direct effects (c’)	Indirect effect (a*b)	Total effects (c)
1.	Trust parents	Rumination	Depression	−.19*	.49*	−.27*	−.09^a	−.36*
2.	Alienation peers	Rumination	Depression	.41*	.49*	.13*	.20^a	.33*
3.	Communication peers	Rumination	Depression	.16*	.49*	.07	.08^a	.15*

IV, independent variable; DV, dependent variable; M, mediator. In all three analyses, the effects of the other independent variables were controlled for

^aSignificant point estimate

* p < .05