Table 2 Mediation effect analysis of spoiled, democratic, permissive, authoritarian, and inconsistent parenting styles in the relationship between parenting stress and parenting quality.

From: Parenting style and young children's executive function mediate the relationship between parenting stress and parenting quality in two-child families

Predictive variables

Result variables

R2

F

β

SE

t

Parenting stress

Parenting quality

0.487

23.237

− 0.342

0.038

− 8.757***

Parenting stress

Spoiled

0.332

19.110

0.234

0.024

5.704***

Parenting stress

Parenting quality

0.535

35.286

− 0.216

0.031

− 3.906***

Spoiled

− 0.287

0.022

− 5.364***

Parenting stress

Democratic

0.375

22.147

− 0.318

0.038

− 5.574***

Parenting stress

Parenting quality

0.296

18.354

− 0.267

0.049

− 4.752***

Democratic

0.225

0.029

4.321***

Parenting stress

Permissive

0.299

17.642

0.242

0.065

5.327***

Parenting stress

Parenting quality

0.332

21.586

− 0.301

0.034

− 6.292***

Permissive

− 0.189

0.072

− 3.064**

Parenting stress

Authoritarian

0.455

20.557

0.319

0.055

7.364***

Parenting stress

Parenting quality

0.281

11.239

− 0.288

0.037

− 5.444***

Authoritarian

− 0.352

0.082

− 9.085**

Parenting stress

Inconsistent

0.221

5.764

0.115

0.046

2.117*

Parenting stress

Parenting quality

0.308

7.692

− 0.337

0.085

− 7.589***

Inconsistent

− 0.063

0.074

− 1.195

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.