Table 3.
Educational level as mediator of the relationship between age and EI*.
| Dependent variable | Mediator | a | b | c | c' | Sobel z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perceiving emotions | Educ. level | −0.0221** (0.0024) | 0.0081 (0.0088) | −0.0011 (0.0004) | −0.0009 (0.0004) | −0.90 |
| Facilitating emotions | Educ. level | −0.0221** (0.0024) | 0.0227** (0.0054) | −0.0008** (0.0002) | −0.0003 (0.0003) | −3.82** |
| Understanding emotions | Educ. level | −0.0221** (0.0024) | 0.0255** (0.0051) | −0.0011** (0.0002) | −0.0005* (0.0002) | −4.37** |
| Total EI | Educ. level | −0.0221** (0.0024) | 0.0181** (0.0044) | −0.0008** (0.0002) | −0.0004 (0.0002) | −3.77** |
*Standard errors are presented in parentheses below the non-standardized B coefficients. Column a shows the coefficient of age in the regression to predict the mediator; column b, the coefficient of the mediator in the regression to predict the dependent variable while controlling age; column c, the coefficient of age in the regression to predict the dependent variable; and column c′, the coefficient of age in the regression to predict the dependent variable while controlling the mediator.
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01.