Table 4 Regression results for conditional indirect effect.

From: Digital diplomacy and domestic audience: how official discourse shapes nationalist sentiments in China

Path

Moderator

Moderated Indirect effect

Boot SE

Boot 95%CI

LL

UL

ODD - SD

M-1SD

0.22

0.06

0.12

0.34

M + 1 SD

0.05

0.07

−0.10

0.18

Contrast

−0.18

0.08

−0.33

−0.03

Index

−0.13

0.05

−0.23

−0.02

ODD - NI

M-1SD

0.15

0.05

0.06

0.26

M + 1 SD

−0.07

0.05

−0.16

0.03

Contrast

−0.22

0.07

−0.36

−0.10

Index

−0.16

0.05

−0.26

−0.07

  1. ODD Official diplomatic discourse, NI National identification, SD Social derogation, SoO Salience of other, M-1SD one standard deviation below the mean, M+1SD one standard deviation above the mean. Bootstrap sample size = 5000. LL lower limit, CI Confidence interval, UL Upper limit.