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Table 2 The mediation effect of FoMO between solitude behaviors and mental health

From: The effect of fear of missing out on mental health: differences in different solitude behaviors

Path

β

SE

Bootstrap 95% CI

Effect Size

Boot LLCI

Boot ULCI

Positive Solitude → FoMO → Mental Health

0.01

0.01

-0.01

0.02

-

Eccentricity → FoMO → Mental Health

0.00

0.01

-0.02

0.02

-

Social Avoidance → FoMO → Mental Health

0.03**

0.01

0.01

0.05

19.23%

Loneliness → FoMO → Mental Health

0.10***

0.02

0.06

0.15

28.10%

  1. FoMO: fear of missing out. β: standardized indirect effects, SE: standard error.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
  3. Bootstrap method with 5000 bootstrap samples is used to compute the 95% confidence intervals.