Table 3.

Mediation analysis of bullying victimization’s effect on depressive symptoms.

Independent Variables	Model 1 (Depressive Symptoms)		Model 2 (Social Anxiety)		Model 3 (Depressive Symptoms)
	β	t	β	t	β	t
Bullying victimization	0.11	5.81 **	0.44	6.53 **
Social anxiety					0.46	14.18 **
R 2	0.110		0.143		0.299
F	33.73 **		41.252 **		251.027 **
Model effect	Effect		SE		t
Total effect	1.85		0.12		15.23 **
Direct effect	1.62		0.12		14.01 **
Indirect effect	0.23		0.05		95% CI (0.14–0.33)

** p < 0.01. Adjusted for gender, residence, age, and only-child status.