TABLE 3.
Multiple regression analysis with moderating effects of maternal support, paternal support, and gender on the relationship between affective empathy (linear and quadratic) and depression.
| B | SE B | β | p | |
| Intercept | 7.760 | 0.358 | ||
| Gender | –0.876 | 0.519 | –0.107 | 0.092 |
| Linear AE | 0.130 | 0.097 | 0.118 | 0.180 |
| Quadratic AE | 0.003 | 0.019 | 0.013 | 0.865 |
| M_SUP | -0.431 | 0.115 | -0.351 | 0.0001 |
| P_SUP | -0.259 | 0.095 | -0.240 | 0.007 |
| Linear AE X gender | –0.037 | 0.129 | –0.023 | 0.776 |
| Quadratic AE X gender | –0.031 | 0.028 | –0.097 | 0.270 |
| M_SUP X gender | 0.610 | 0.177 | 0.363 | 0.001 |
| P_SUP X gender | –0.265 | 0.159 | –0.165 | 0.096 |
| Linear AE X M_SUP | –0.030 | 0.034 | –0.100 | 0.372 |
| Linear AE X P_SUP | –0.007 | 0.028 | –0.027 | 0.792 |
| Quadratic AE X M_SUP | 0.011 | 0.006 | 0.230 | 0.066 |
| Quadratic AE X P_SUP | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.064 | 0.549 |
| Linear AE X M_SUP X gender | 0.076 | 0.047 | 0.193 | 0.105 |
| Linear AE X P_SUP X gender | –0.016 | 0.038 | –0.039 | 0.678 |
| Quadratic AE X M_SUP X gender | -0.020 | 0.009 | -0.333 | 0.020 |
| Quadratic AE X P_SUP X gender | 0.009 | 0.008 | 0.136 | 0.235 |
AE, Affective Empathy; M_SUP, Maternal Support; P_SUP, Paternal Support.Full model R2 = 0.20; F(17, 368) = 5.55, p < 0.001; Model with only the linear term of gender, affective empathy, maternal and paternal support variables) R2 = 0.16; F(4, 381) = 18.705, p < 0.001; statistically significant betas (p < 0.05).