Moderation Effects of Positive Core Belief and Social-Emotional Responsiveness on the Relationship Between Cyberbullying Victimization and Affective Symptoms

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Table 1 Demographic Data of Included Participants

	N (%) or Median (Interquartile Range)
Gender
Male	123 (40.6)
Female	180 (59.4)
Academic year
1st year	115 (38.0)
2nd year	108 (35.6)
3rd year	80 (26.4)
Age	20 (19, 21)
Cyberbullying victimization	14 (12, 16)
Perceived difficulties
Total score	14 (11, 17)
Affected individuals
Task/assignment-related	199 (65.7)
Goal-related	204 (62.7)
Family-related	70 (23.1)
Environment-related	114 (37.6)
Pressured from being compared	155 (51.2)
Financial problems	64 (21.1)
Affective symptoms	28 (19, 37)

Table 2 Results from Linear Regression Examining the Effects of Resilience Features on Affective Symptoms

	Saturated Model^a		Reduced Model^b
	B Coefficient	P-value	B Coefficient	P-value
Main effect models^c
Problem solving	0.13	0.49	N/A
Positive core belief	−0.67	< 0.01	−0.58	< 0.01
Social-emotional responsiveness	−0.47	0.14	−0.33	0.24
Perseverance	0.17	0.63	N/A
Interaction model^c
Interaction between cyberbullying victimization and positive core belief	N/A		−0.05	0.05
Interaction between cyberbullying victimization and social-emotional responsiveness	N/A		0.11	0.08

Notes: ^aAdjusted for age, academic year, psychosocial difficulties, and cyberbullying victimization. ^bAdjusted for academic year, psychosocial difficulties, and cyberbullying victimization. ^cDependent variable in all models: affective symptoms.

Abbreviation: N/A, not available.