Does early adversity predict aggression among Chinese male violent juvenile offenders? The mediating role of life history strategy and the moderating role of meaning in life

Table 3 The test of the moderated mediator (n = 491)

Predictors	Equation 1: Life history strategy(M)				Equation 2: Aggression(Y)
Predictors	β	SE	t	95% CI	β	SE	t	95% CI
SES	0.11	0.04	2.64^**	[0.03,0.19]	0.11	0.04	2.81^**	[0.03,0.19]
Early adversity(X)	–0.20	0.04	–4.68^***	[–0.28, − 0.11]	0.41	0.04	9.76^***	[0.33,0.49]
Meaning in life(W)	0.34	0.04	8.16^***	[0.26, 0.42]	0.04	0.04	0.93	[–0.04,0.13]
X×W	–0.09	0.04	–2.43^*	[–0.17, − 0.02]	0.04	0.04	1.03	[–0.04, 0.11]
Life history strategy					–0.16	0.04	–3.54^**	[–0.24, − 0.07]
R ²	0.19				0.23
F	27.96^***				28.19^***

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