Social media addiction and academic engagement as serial mediators between social anxiety and academic performance among college students

Table 2 The serial mediation model for relationship between social anxiety and academic performance in regression-based analysis

Criterion	Predictors	R	R²	F	β	t	95%CI
Social media addiction	Social anxiety	0.375	0.140	108.457^***	0.364^***	20.151	(0.329, 0.400)
Academic engagement	Social anxiety	0.401	0.160	101.506^***	-0.307^***	-15.996	(-0.344, -0.269)
	Social media addiction				-0.160^***	-8.335	(-0.197, -0.122)
Academic performance	Social anxiety	0.298	0.089	43.240^***	-0.097^***	-4.654	(-0.138, -0.056)
	Social media addiction				-0.038	-1.878	(-0.078,0.002)
	Academic engagement				0.219^***	10.822	(0.179,0.258)

Note CI = Confidence Interval. Sex, age, and academic major were as control variables. The study variables excluding control variables in regression models were standardized. ^***p < 0.001

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