Mindfulness Moderates the Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Cyber Aggression Among Emerging Adults with Early Left-Behind Experience: A Longitudinal Study

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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics and Correlations Among Variables (N = 535)

	M	SD	1	2	3
1. Perceived discrimination (T1)	9.11	4.16	1
2. Mindfulness (T1)	73.25	12.93	−0.45**	1
3. Cyber aggression (T2)	16.24	3.61	0.17**	−0.09*	1

Notes: *p<0.05, **p<0.01.

Table 2 Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis of the Effects of Perceived Discrimination and Mindfulness on Cyber Aggression (N = 535)

Variables	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3
Gender	−0.20**	−0.19**	−0.18**
Age	−0.04	−0.03	−0.03
Left-behind type	0.03	0.03	0.05
Left-behind time	−0.03	−0.03	−0.03
Fathers’ educational attainment	−0.03	−0.04	−0.04
Mothers’ educational attainment	−0.02	−0.01	0.01
Household income	−0.04	−0.02	−0.03
Perceived discrimination (T1)		0.19**	0.09
Mindfulness (T1)		−0.02	−0.01
Perceived discrimination (T1) × Mindfulness (T1)			−0.20**
R^2	0.05	0.09	−0.12

Notes: The results are standardized coefficients. **p <0.01.

Figure 1 Interaction effect of perceived discrimination and mindfulness on cyber aggression.