Table 2.

The moderated mediation effect test of parental punishment (PP) on loneliness (n=1, 169).

Predictors	Loneliness			General self-concept			Loneliness
	β	t	95%CI	β	t	95%CI	β	t	95%CI
Parental punishment	0.25	8.96***	[0.18, 0.28]	−0.32	−6.97***	[−0.40, −0.23]	0 0.08	3.05**	[0.03, 0.13]
Teacher-student relationships (TSR)				0.45	10.13***	[0.36, 0.54]	−0.18	−6.76***	[−0.23, −0.13]
PP×TSR				−0.16	−2.26*	[−0.30, −0.02]	0 0.13	2.99**	[0.04, 0.21]
General self-concept							−0.26	−16.09***	[−0.30, −0.23]
R 2	0.06			0.15			0.34
F	80.24***			74.16***			161.91***

β=standardized coefficients.

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01;

^***p<0.001.