Examining how and why polygenic dopamine composite levels moderate adolescents’ vulnerability to peer victimization

Table 4 Testing the mediated moderation model in adolescent girls

Variable	Equation 2 (Emotional dysregulation)			Equation 3 (Externalizing problems)
	β	SE	95% CI	β	SE	95% CI
PV	0.45^c	0.06	[0.32,0.57]	0.34^c	0.07	[0.20, 0.47]
PDC	0.11	0.06	[− 0.02,0.23]	0.03	0.06	[− 0.08, 0.15]
PV × PDC	0.15^a	0.07	[0.02,0.28]	0.19^b	0.06	[0.06, 0.32]
ED				0.29^c	0.07	[0.16, 0.42]
SES	0.03	0.06	[− 0.10,0.15]	0.05	0.06	[− 0.07, 0.17]
R²	0.22			0.32
F	13.73^c			18.05^c

PV, PDC, and ED represent peer victimization, polygenic dopamine composite, and emotion dysregulation respectively
^ap < 0.05
^bp < 0.01
^cp < 0.001

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