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Table 5 Mediation effects concerning study variables

From: Adaptation and validation of the Online-Fear of Missing Out Inventory into Turkish and the association with social media addiction, smartphone addiction, and life satisfaction

Variable B SE (Bootstrapping SE) t-value (Bootstrapping LLCI) p-value (Bootstrapping ULCI)
Total effect of On-FoMO on life satisfactiona −0.100 0.014 −7.005  < 0.001
Direct effect of On-FoMO on life satisfaction −0.063 0.023 −2.705 0.0071
Direct effect of On-FoMO on mediators     
Social media addiction 0.319 0.017 18.463  < 0.001
Smartphone addiction 0.731 0.029 25.551  < 0.001
Indirect effect of On-FoMO on life satisfaction     
Total indirect effect −0.039 (0.010) (−0.072) (−0.002)
Social media addiction −0.024 (0.009) (−0.057) (−0.006)
Smartphone addiction −0.0156 0.007 (−0.056) (−0.002)
  1. Bootstrap sample size = 10,000
  2. SWLS, life satisfaction; LL, lower limit; UP, upper limit
  3. aTotal effect
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BMC Psychology

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