Peer relationships buffer the negative association of online education with education satisfaction and subsequently with study engagement among undergraduate medical students

Table 2 Results of the multiple regression analyses as part of the moderated mediation analyses with education satisfaction and study engagement as dependent variables

Predictors	Dependent variable: Education satisfaction		Dependent variable: Study engagement
	Moderator: Peer network size	Moderator: Perceived peer support	Moderator: Peer network size	Moderator: Perceived peer support
	b	b	b	b
Amount of online education	−0.10^***	−0.18^**	−0.02	0.02
Moderator	−0.43	−2.43^*	−0.17	0.68
Amount of online education*Moderator	0.01^*	0.03^**	0.00	−0.01
Education satisfaction			0.14^***	0.13^***
	R² = .09, F(3, 368) = 11.52^***	R² = .13, F(3, 368) = 18.01^***	R² = .08, F(4, 367) = 8.22^***	R² = .10, F(4, 367) = 10.39^***

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