Perceived social competencies as moderators: examining the relationship between psychological distress and aggression, hostility, and anger in Lebanese adults

Table 5 Moderation analyses

	Beta	t	p	95% CI
Model 1: Physical aggression as the dependent variable (Nagelkerke R² = 0.139)
Psychological distress	0.08	0.91	0.361	− 0.09; 0.26
Perceived social competence	− 0.02	− 0.58	0.564	− 0.11; 0.06
Interaction content media exposure by perceived social competence	− 0.001	− 0.17	0.867	− 0.01; 0.01
Model 2: Verbal aggression as the dependent variable (Nagelkerke R² = 0.134)
Psychological distress	0.09	1.02	0.310	− 0.09; 0.27
Perceived social competence	− 0.05	-1.17	0.244	− 0.13; 0.03
Interaction content media exposure by perceived social competence	− 0.001	− 0.29	0.770	− 0.01; 0.01
Model 3: Hostility as the dependent variable (Nagelkerke R² = 0.272)
Psychological distress	0.31	2.97	0.003	0.11; 0.52
Perceived social competence	0.001	0.03	0.979	− 0.10; 0.10
Interaction content media exposure by perceived social competence	− 0.004	− 0.94	0.349	− 0.01; 0.01
Model 4: Anger as the dependent variable (Nagelkerke R² = 0.386)
Psychological distress	0.39	4.07	< 0.001	0.20; 0.58
Perceived social competence	0.01	0.17	0.865	− 0.08; 0.10
Interaction content media exposure by perceived social competence	− 0.10	-2.06	0.040	− 0.02; − 0.001

Numbers in bold indicate significant p values. Model 1 was adjusted over sex, body mass index, physical activity and loneliness. Model 2 was adjusted over sex, marital status, body mass index and loneliness. Model 3 was adjusted over sex, education level, age, body mass index and loneliness. Model 4 was adjusted over sex, education, age and loneliness

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