Perceived social support and professional identity in nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic era: the mediating effects of self-efficacy and the moderating role of anxiety

Table 4 The moderated mediating effect of anxiety on PSS and SE (N = 2,457)

Dependent variable model (Outcome variable:Self-efficacy)
Variables	Estimate	SE	t	p	LLCI	ULCI
Constant	-0.009	0.017	-0.505	0.614	-0.043	0.025
Perceived Social Support	0.545	0.018	31.009	0.000	0.511	0.580
Anxiety	-0.023	0.018	-1.303	0.193	-0.059	0.012
Perceived Social Support × Anxiety	-0.031	0.016	-1.980	0.048	-0.061	-0.001
R² with interaction		R²		F		p
R² with interaction		0.001		3.920		0.047

Abbreviations: SE Standard Error, LLCI lower limit of 95% confidence interval, ULCI upper limit of 95% confidence interval, SE Self-Efficacy, PSS Perceived Social Support

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