Table 4.

Moderated mediation: resilience as a mediator, sex as a moderator

	Predictor	Path	β	SE	p	CI
Resilience
X → M	FSozU	a	0.48	0.04	< 0.001	[0.40, 0.56]
Stress
X → Y	FSozU → PSS-14 (n.V.)	c	− 0.38	0.04	< 0.001	[− 0.47, − 0.31]
X → M → Y	FSozU → RS-25 → PSS-14 (n.V.)	a*b	− 0.24	0.03	< 0.001	[− 0.30, − 0.19]
Moderated mediation: stress
X + M + V → Y	RS-25 → PSS-14	b (if V)	− 0.03	0.13	0.84	[− 0.28, 0.26]
	FSozU → PSS-14	c’	− 0.17	0.05	< 0.001	[− 0.25, − 0.09]
	Sex → PSS-14		0.21	0.08	0.007	[0.06, 0.35]
	Sex → RS-25		− 0.28	0.08	< 0.001	[− 0.43, − 0.13]
Conditional Indirect effect
	RS-25 (female) → PSS-14		− 0.28	0.04	< 0.001	[− 0.35, − 0.22]
	RS-25 (male) → PSS-14		− 0.15	0.03	< 0.001	[− 0.21, − 0.09]

N = 503 (females, N = 300; males, N = 203), R = 0.59; R² = 0.34; p < 0.0001

CI = Bootstrapping confidence interval = 95%

X = independent variable, FSozU K-22 = Fragebogen zur sozialen Unterstützung

Y = dependent variable, PSS-14 = Perceived Stress Scale

M = Mediator = RS-25 = Resilience Scale

n. V. = without the moderator variable V

V = moderator of the mediation

a*b = Indirect effect, c = total effect (without V), c’ = direct effect