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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Child Psychol. 2021 Apr 20;208:105151. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105151

Table 3.

Results of Moderated Mediation Analyses Estimating the Effects of Emotion Labeling on Generosity Via Empathic Concern

Empathic Concern (M) Generosity (Y)

Predictors Coeff. 95% CI Coeff. 95% CI

Emotion Label (X) a1 6.05*** (1.08) [3.91, 8.17] c' −.25 (0.39) [−1.03, 0.54]
Empathic Concern (M) - - b1 .05* (0.02) [0.01, 0.09]
Maltreatment (W) a2 −.001 (1.08) [−2.14, 2.14] a4 −.67 (0.37) [−1.41, 0.07]
X * W a3 −1.25 (1.42) [−4.04, 1.54] a5 .18 (0.49) [−0.78, 1.15]
Covariates
Age −.34** (0.11) [−0.54, −0.11] .12** (0.04) [0.04, 0.19]
Digit Span −.06 (0.12) [−0.30, 0.18] .09* (0.04) [0.01, 0.17]
Enjoyment of Candy −.51 (1.30) [−3.08, 2.05] −1.14* (0.45) [−2.02, −0.25]
Constant im 13.36*** (2.39) [8.64, 18.07] iy 5.22***(0.88) [3.48, 6.96]
F (6, 238) = 12.01, p <.001, R2 = 0.23 F (7, 237) = 5.59, p < .001, R2 = 0.14

Conditional Indirect Effects of X on Y
Coeff. 95% CI
Maltreated Youth ab1 0.24* (0.13) [0.01, 0.51]
Comparison Youth ab2 0.30* (0.15) [0.01, 0.61]
Index of moderated mediation −0.06 (0.08) [−0.23, 0.08]

Note. Coefficients are unstandardized. Standard errors are in parentheses. The indirect effects were calculated using 95% bootstrap confidence intervals. N = 245.

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001