TABLE 8.
Significant moderated mediation models.
| Moderator level | Mediation effect | Indirect effect | SE | 95% CI |
| Optimism | ||||
| +1 SD | Stress→Reframing→Affect | 0.016 | 0.018 | [−0.018, 0.054] |
| Mean | Stress→Reframing→Affect | −0.008 | 0.016 | [−0.045, 0.212] |
| −1 SD | Stress→Reframing→Affect | −0.022 | 0.020 | [−0.068, 0.011] |
| Optimism | ||||
| +1 SD | Stress→Avoidant→Mental Health | −0.051 | 0.020 | [−0.094, −0.016] |
| Mean | Stress→Avoidant→Mental Health | −0.023 | 0.018 | [−0.060, 0.010] |
| −1 SD | Stress→Avoidant→Mental Health | −0.007 | 0.020 | [−0.047, 0.035] |
| Optimism | ||||
| +1 SD | Stress→Humor→Mental Health | 0.018 | 0.015 | [−0.007, 0.051] |
| Mean | Stress→Humor→Mental Health | −0.003 | 0.013 | [−0.032, 0.023] |
| −1 SD | Stress→Humor→Mental Health | −0.015 | 0.016 | [−0.054, 0.013] |
| Resilience | ||||
| +1 SD | Stress→Escapist→Affect | −0.048 | 0.024 | [−0.105, −0.010] |
| Mean | Stress→Escapist→Affect | −0.027 | 0.018 | [−0.068, 0.001] |
| −1 SD | Stress→Escapist→Affect | −0.011 | 0.017 | [−0.048, 0.022] |
| Resilience | ||||
| +1 SD | Anxiety→Escapist→Affect | −0.073 | 0.025 | [−0.126, −0.030] |
| Mean | Anxiety→Escapist→Affect | −0.059 | 0.020 | [−0.102, −0.024] |
| −1 SD | Anxiety→Escapist→Affect | −0.048 | 0.018 | [−0.088, −0.018] |
| Resilience | ||||
| +1 SD | Stress→Avoidant→Mental Health | −0.055 | 0.020 | [−0.099, −0.019] |
| Mean | Stress→Avoidant→Mental Health | −0.022 | 0.016 | [−0.055, 0.006] |
| −1 SD | Stress→Avoidant→Mental Health | 0.004 | 0.018 | [−0.031, 0.040] |
| Resilience | ||||
| +1 SD | Stress→Humor→Mental Health | 0.020 | 0.015 | [−0.005, 0.055] |
| Mean | Stress→Humor→Mental Health | −0.002 | 0.012 | [−0.027, 0.023] |
| −1 SD | Stress→Humor→Mental Health | −0.019 | 0.015 | [−0.055, 0.006] |
| Resilience | ||||
| +1 SD | Anxiety→Humor→Mental Health | 0.031 | 0.014 | [0.008, 0.061] |
| Mean | Anxiety→Humor→Mental Health | 0.021 | 0.010 | [0.005, 0.043] |
| −1 SD | Anxiety→Humor→Mental Health | 0.013 | 0.009 | [−0.002, 0.034] |
| Hope | ||||
| +1 SD | Anxiety→Media Exp.→Flourishing | −0.011 | 0.015 | [−0.049, 0.012] |
| Mean | Anxiety→Media Exp.→Flourishing | 0.007 | 0.012 | [−0.014, 0.033] |
| −1 SD | Anxiety→Media Exp.→Flourishing | 0.020 | 0.016 | [−0.005, 0.058] |
Unstandardized coefficients. Indices of moderated mediation are reported in-text. Significant mediation at a given moderator level is indicated by bold and a 95% confidence interval that excludes zero. Optimism and resilience effects are in interaction with the IV (stress or anxiety). Hope effect is in interaction with the mediator (media exposure). Parallel mediation models with controls.’