Table 6 Mediation effect testing results.

From: The impact of online social interaction on college students’ socio-emotional competence mediated by bonding social capital

 

SEC

BSC

SEC

Constant

0.337***

(3.970)

4.428***

(24.856)

−0.485***

(−4.495)

Age

−0.015***

(−3.765)

−0.012

(−1.416)

−0.013***

(−3.482)

Gender

0.017

(0.652)

0.167**

(3.013)

−0.014

(−0.562)

Urban

−0.059*

(−2.228)

−0.010

(−0.176)

−0.057*

(−2.343)

OSI

0.027

(1.484)

0.119**

(3.124)

0.005

(0.289)

BSC

  

0.186***

(11.080)

N

693

693

693

0.032

0.026

0.179

Adjusted R²

0.027

0.020

0.173

F

5.737***

4.547**

29.955***

  1. OSI: online social interaction; BSC: bonding social capital; SEC: socio-emotional competence.
  2. T-values in parentheses; for coefficients: *p 0.05, **p 0.01, ***p 0.001; for F-statistics: *p 0.05, **p 0.01, ***p 0.001.