An Analysis of the Structural Relationships Among Parental Attachment, Basic Psychological Needs, Career Identity and Depression of Chinese College Students in Korea

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Figure 1 Proposed theoretical model.

Table 1 The Goodness-of-Fit Index of Measurement Model

Model	CMIN/DF	SRMR	GFI	CFI	TLI	RMSEA
Statistic values	2.112	0.0345	0.945	0.979	0.973	0.061

Table 2 Descriptive Statistics and Correlation Coefficients

Variables	Mean	SD	1	2	3	4
1.Parental Attachment	3.44	0.90	1
2.Basic Psychological Needs	3.53	0.90	0.659**	1
3.Career Identity	2.43	0.70	0.471**	0.533**	1
4.Depression	1.10	0.78	−0.393**	−0.412**	−0.600**	1

Note: **p< 0.01.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 3 Mediation Effects Test Results

Outcome Variable	Predictor Variable	β	t-Value	R^2	F
Basic Psychological Needs	Gender	−0.117	−1.453	0.416	106.477***
	Parental Attachment	0.653	14.579***
Depression	Gender	0.187	2.747**	0.444	79.228***
	Parental Attachment	−0.345	−6.967***
	Basic Psychological Needs	−0.286	−5.853***

Note: **p < 0.01, ***p< 0.001.

Table 4 Moderated Mediation Effects Test Results

Predictor	β	t-Value	p-value	F	R^2
Gender	−0.115	−1.524	0.128	70.246	0.486
Parental Attachment	0.504	10.165	0.000
Career Identity	0.330	5.122	0.000
Parental Attachment×Career Identity	−0.140	−2.507	0.013
Career Identity	Conditional Effect	SE	t-Value	p-value	LLCI	ULCI
Low	0.602	0.064	9.370	0.000	0.476	0.729
High	0.406	0.062	6.524	0.000	0.283	0.528

Abbreviations: LLCI, lower limit of 95% CI; ULCI, upper limit of 95% CI.

Figure 2 Simple slope chart of the moderating effect of career identity in the relationship between parental attachment and basic psychological needs.