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Table 5 Mediation analyses’ results, taking exposure to media violence as the independent variable, psychological distress as the mediator and aggression scores as dependent variables

From: Examining correlates of aggression and mediating effect of psychological distress between exposure to media violence and aggression in lebanese adults

 

Direct effect

Indirect effect

 

Beta

SE

P

Beta

Boot SE

Boot CI

Physical aggression

0.01

0.001

< 0.001

0.001

0.0004

0.0004; 0.002*

Verbal aggression

0.07

0.02

< 0.001

0.02

0.01

0.01; 0.03*

Hostility

0.11

0.02

< 0.001

0.04

0.01

0.02; 0.06*

Anger

0.10

0.02

< 0.001

0.05

0.01

0.02; 0.07*

  1. *indicates significant mediation. Direct effect refers to the direct association between exposure to media violenceand aggression without the effect of the mediator, whereas the indirect effect refers to the same association through the mediator (psychological distress)
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BMC Psychology

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