Perceived social support and college student engagement: moderating effects of a grateful disposition on the satisfaction of basic psychological needs as a mediator

Table 3 Moderated mediation effect of perceived social support on student engagement

Predictor	Model 1: satisfaction basic psychological needs				Model 2: student engagement
Predictor	b	t	95% CI		b	t	95% CI
Gender	− 0.128	− 3.983	− 0.192	− 0.065	− 0.317	− 6.986	− 0.406	− 0.228
Age	0.015	1.534	− 0.042	0.034	− 0.039	− 2.853	− 0.066	− 0.012
PSS	0.252	13.231***	0.214	0.289	0.128	4.248***	0.069	0.187
GD	0.134	5.321***	0.084	0.183
PSS × GD	0.087	2.986**	0.03	0.145
SBPN					0.33	6.027***	0.223	0.438
R2	0.35				0.328
F	66.183***				75.182***

N = 622
PSS, perceived social support; GD, a grateful disposition; SBPN, satisfaction of basic psychological needs
***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01

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