Table 3.

Body Esteem as a Mediator of the Interaction Between Pubertal Timing, Peer Victimization, and Race, and Depressive Symptoms (10,000 Bootstrap Samples).

a.) Pubertal Timing, Peer Victimization, and Race as Predictors of Body Esteem at Follow-Up for Girls.
Predictor	B	t
PT	−0.81	−1.72†
SEQ PV	−1.33	−3.34**
PT × SEQ PV	−0.60	−1.70†
Race	1.18	1.48
PT × Race	1.80	2.35*
SEQ PV × Race	0.72	1.39
PT × SEQ PV × Race	1.73	2.93**
CDI T1	−0.12	−2.09*
Days between T1 and T2	0.01	1.02
Model R2 = .34, F = 5.99. p < .001

b.) Pubertal Timing, Peer Victimization, Race, and Body Esteem as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms at Follow-Up for Girls.
Predictor	B	t
BES	−0.43	−5.41***
PT	0.47	1.19
SEQ PV	0.40	1.14
PT × SEQ PV	0.35	1.17
Race	−0.26	−0.39
PT × Race	−0.27	−0.42
SEQ PV × Race	0.03	0.08
PT × SEQ PV × Race	−0.53	−1.04
CDI T1	0.40	8.00***
Days between T1 and T2	<0.01	0.41
Model R2 = .66, F = 20.96. p < .001

c.) Indirect Effect of Peer Victimization on Depressive Symptoms at Follow-Up Through Body Esteem at Early (+1 SD) and Late (−1 SD) Pubertal Timing for Caucasian and African American Girls.
	Effect	SE	CI (lower)	CI (upper)
Caucasian girls
Late pubertal timing	0.14	0.34	−0.50	0.86
Early pubertal timing	0.94	0.38	0.42	1.99
African American girls
Late pubertal timing	0.90	0.41	0.27	2.02
Early pubertal timing	−0.30	0.29	−1.04	0.20

Note. Confidence intervals that do not contain 0 are statistically significant, implying mediation.

B = unstandardized coefficients; PT = pubertal timing (standardized residual of Pubertal Development Scale regressed on age); SEQ PV = Social Experiences Questionnaire Peer Victimization; CDI = total score on Children’s Depression Inventory; T1 = baseline; T2 = follow-up; BES = Body Esteem Scale; CI = confidence interval.

^†p < .10.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.