Table 3 Indirect mediation effects between callous-unemotional traits scales and immoral emotional attribution and admissibility of immoral actions mediated by emotion regulation skills

Immoral emotional attribution^a ←

Emotion regulation skills^b

Callousness^c

0.08**

0.05

0.02

0.19

Uncaring^c

0.10**

0.04

0.04

0.19

Unemotionality^c

0.03

0.02

0.00

0.08

Admissibility of immoral actions^a ←

Emotion regulation skills^b

Callousness^c

0.05*

0.04

0.01

0.13

Uncaring^c

0.07*

0.03

0.02

0.14

Unemotionality^c

0.02

0.02

0.00

0.06