Table 5.

Mediating effects of mechanisms on child depression

	β	SE	Standardized β	p	F	df	ΔR2	Sig. changes in F	BF10
General model, Step 1 and 2
Step 1					2.20	4, 76	.104	.077	0.41
Age	1.08	0.41	0.36	.010
Sex	0.35	1.43	0.02	.807
IQ	0.01	0.06	0.02	.984
Education	− 1.12	0.71	− 0.24	.103
Step 2					11.00	1, 75	.219	.001	6.10
Depressive status, parents	− 4.44	1.46	− 0.31	.003
Mediating effects, Step 3
Step 3: emotion regulation					4.89	2, 73	.311	.010	91.94
Adaptive emotion regulation	− 0.01	0.06	− 0.02	.838
Maladaptive emotion regulation	0.22	0.07	0.31	.003
Step 3: attributional style					0.45	2, 54	.252	.635	2.29
Positive attributional style	0.07	0.13	0.11	.587
Negative attributional style	− 0.11	0.12	− 0.19	.362
Step 3: parenting style					0.83	2, 72	.237	.442	4.17
Positive parenting	0.02	0.07	0.28	.808
Negative parenting	0.08	0.06	0.14	.204
Step 3: life events					4.01	2, 73	.296	.022	43.85
Positive life events	0.04	0.37	0.01	.908
Negative life events	0.91	0.34	0.28	.010

Dependent variable: child depression score (DIKJ); all variables are child variables except depressive status of parent