Table 3.
Maximum Likelihood Parameter Estimates for Mediators of the Relationship between Depression and Educational Achievement (Model 2)
| Model 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Unstandardized | SE | Standardized | P-value (two-tailed) |
| Achievement → Peers’ Unfriendliness | −0.013 | 0.000 | −0.214 | 0.000 |
| Achievement → Pressure from Parents’ Expectations | −0.008 | 0.001 | −0.093 | 0.000 |
| Achievement → Teachers’ Criticism | −0.010 | 0.005 | −0.167 | 0.000 |
| Peers’ Unfriendliness → Depression | 0.176 | 0.007 | 0.191 | 0.007 |
| Pressure from Parents’ Expectations → Depression | 0.101 | 0.005 | 0.151 | 0.000 |
| Teachers’ Criticism → Depression | 0.097 | 0.007 | 0.108 | 0.000 |
| Pressure from Parents’ Expectations → Time on Studies | 0.143 | 0.020 | 0.054 | 0.000 |
| Time on Studies → Achievement | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0.004 | 0.631 |
| Time on Studies → Depression | 0.028 | 0.002 | 0.111 | 0.006 |
| Economic Conditions → Achievement | 1.168 | 0.168 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
| Parents’ Education → Achievement | 0.972 | 0.030 | 0.239 | 0.000 |
| Economic Conditions → Depression | −0.075 | 0.010 | −0.060 | 0.000 |
| Parents’ Education → Depression | −0.007 | 0.002 | −0.031 | 0.000 |
| Economic Conditions → Pressure from Parents’ Expectations | −0.061 | 0.014 | −0.033 | 0.000 |
| Parents’ Education → Pressure from Parents’ Expectations | −0.028 | 0.003 | −0.082 | 0.000 |
| Goodness-of-fit Test Statistics | ||||
| χ2 (df) | 1340.851 (44) | |||
| p-value | 0.000 | |||
| RMSEA | 0.039 | |||
| CFI | 0.971 | |||
| TLI | 0.957 | |||
Note: Number of observations is 19,486.
Data from China Education Panel Survey (CEPS) 2013-2014.
Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR) is not reported because of missing values.