Table 2.

Bayesian structural equation modelling results .

	Model 1 (ppp = 0.44)				Model 2 (ppp = 0.40)				Model 3 (ppp = 0.24)
	Posterior mean	Standard deviation	90% Lower bound CI	90% Upper bound CI	Posterior mean	Standard deviation	90% Lower bound CI	90% Upper bound CI	Posterior mean	Standard deviation	90% Lower bound CI	90% Upper bound CI
Focal path
Parental cognitive empathy → Central P2diff					0.042	0.034	−0.013	0.096	0.037	0.037	−0.023	0.097
Parental cognitive empathy → Central LPPdiff					−0.022	0.030	−0.071	0.028	−0.010	0.033	−0.064	0.044
Parental justice sensitivity → Central P2diff					0.409	0.194	0.090	0.728	0.419	0.195	0.099	0.793
Parental justice sensitivity → Central LPPdiff					0.196	0.180	−0.099	0.491	0.184	0.181	−0.114	0.480
Central P2diff → Central LPPdiff	0.604	0.138	0.377	0.831	0.567	0.149	0.323	0.811	0.575	0.147	0.334	0.816
Central P2diff → Child’s protest	0.349	0.206	0.020	0.695	0.236	0.135	0.012	0.455	0.230	0.134	0.008	0.449
Central LPPdiff → Child’s protest	−0.071	0.197	−0.399	0.246	−0.034	0.135	−0.253	0.189	−0.027	0.134	−0.247	0.196
Child effortful control → Central P2diff									0.104	0.475	−0.680	0.881
Child effortful control → Central LPPdiff									−0.433	0.419	−1.120	0.256
Covariance
Parental cognitive empathy ↔ Parental justice sensitivity					1.838	2.237	−1.652	5.545	1.938	2.400	−1.786	5.996
Parental cognitive empathy ↔ Child effortful control									2.598	1.159	0.925	4.673
Parental justice sensitivity ↔ Child effortful control									0.036	0.183	−0.254	0.343