Table 2.

Results of the Moderated Mediation Model

Variables	b	S.E.	T	p	95% Boot CI
Alexithymia
Sexual abuse	3.00	0.53	5.63	< .001	[1.96, 4.05]
Gender (Girls)	2.34	0.14	16.29	< .001	[2.06, 2.62]
Sexual abuse * Gender	−1.65	0.56	−2.96	< .01	[−2.74, −0.56]
Age	0.11	0.06	1.98	.04	[0.01, 0.22]
Psychological distress
Alexithymia	0.60	0.02	30.42	< .001	[0.56, 0.64]
Sexual abuse	2.99	0.30	9.88	< .001	[2.39, 3.58]
Gender (Girls)	2.55	0.20	12.79	< .001	[2.16, 2.94]
Age	−0.01	0.11	−0.07	0.94	[−0.23, 0.21]
Conditional indirect effects
Conditional indirect effect for boys	1.79	0.30	6.01	< .001	[1.21, 2.38]
Conditional indirect effect for girls	0.81	0.16	5.03	< .001	[0.49, 1.12]
Index of moderated mediation	−0.99	0.32	−3.13	< .01	[−1.60, −0.37]