Children self - reported their weekly duration of sports participation, physical activity equipment items at home and the four
potential mediator variables.
Not exact matches
To examine the effects of these
variables on collective sense of efficacy, we used a regression model, entering the key
variables identified above in a first step, and then entering
potential mediators: school size, the school level (elementary / secondary), percentage of non-white students, percentage of students in poverty, and the individual «s position (principal or assistant principal).
To qualify as
potential mediators, risk factors must follow the onset of the intervention and show a significant bivariate association with the outcome
variable.9 We also required them to occur in more than 5 % of the participants.
Examining
potential mediators in this relationship is appropriate because in previous studies a portion of the variance remains unaccounted for, implicating the role of other
variables in the relationship (Barchia and Bussey 2010).
Consequently, the present study examined these
variables as
potential mediators in the relationship between cyber bullying involvement and perceptions of learning and school.
Identification of
potential mediators followed the recommendations of Baron and Kenny (1986) in examining only those
potential mediators that displayed a significant association with the independent
variable.
Parenting
variables that were significantly related to marital status and adolescent adjustment (externalizing problems, internalizing problems, PedsQL, or HbA1c) were considered
potential mediators.