Table 7 Mediating effects of fear and anxiety scores

Model 1: Linear regression taking the fear score as dependent variable and knowledge score as independent variable

Factor

UB (SD)

SB

95% CI

p-value

p-value (mediating factor)

Knowledge score

.071 (.079)

.045

 − .083; .226

.365

Model 2: Linear regression taking the bullying score as dependent variable and knowledge and fear scores as independent variables

Factor

UB (SD)

SB

95% CI

p-value

Knowledge score

 − .176 (.079)

 − .110

 − .332; − .021

.026

Fear score

.131 (.050)

.120

.032; .229

.010

.395

Model 3: Linear regression taking the anxiety score as dependent variable and knowledge score as independent variable

Factor

UB (SD)

SB

95% CI

p-value

p-value (mediating factor)

Knowledge score

 − .115 (.034)

 − .165

 − .182; − .048

.001

Model 4: Linear regression taking the bullying score as dependent variable and knowledge and anxiety scores as independent variables

Factor

UB (SD)

SB

95% CI

p-value

Knowledge score

 − .071 (.075)

 − .044

 − .219; .077

.347

Anxiety score

.835 (.108)

.362

.622; 1.048

 < .001

.002

Model 5: Linear regression taking the bullying score as dependent variable and knowledge score as independent variable

UB (SD)

SB

95% CI

p-value

Knowledge score

 − .167 (.08)

 − .104

 − .324; − .010

.037