TABLE 8.
Results of bias-corrected bootstrap estimation for the mediation model.
| Point estimates | 95% CI |
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| Lower 2.5% | Upper 2.5% | ||
| Effects of PYD on LS | 0.409 | 0.364 | 0.452 |
| Effects of LS on AS | –0.113 | –0.165 | –0.067 |
| Effects of LS on PNSC | 0.271 | 0.223 | 0.324 |
| Total effect of PYD on PNSC | 0.288 | 0.246 | 0.327 |
| Direct effect of PYD on PNSC | 0.177 | 0.136 | 0.220 |
| Indirect effect of PYD on PNSC (LS as the mediator) | 0.111 | 0.088 | 0.139 |
| Total effect of PYD on AS | –0.063 | –0.110 | –0.014 |
| Direct effect of PYD on AS | –0.017 | –0.075 | 0.044 |
| Indirect effect of PYD on AS (LS as the mediator) | –0.046 | –0.070 | –0.026 |
Bootstrap sampling = 5,000. PYD = Positive youth development qualities at Wave 1; LS = Life satisfaction at Wave 3; AS = Academic stress at Wave 6; PNSC = Satisfaction with new secondary school curriculum at Wave 6.