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Table 3 The mediation effect of FoMO between solitude behaviors and depression, anxiety, and stress

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 → Depression

0.01

0.01

-0.01

0.02

-

Eccentricity → FoMO → Depression

0.00

0.01

-0.02

0.02

-

Social Avoidance → FoMO → Depression

0.03**

0.01

0.01

0.06

30.93%

Loneliness →FoMO → Depression

0.10***

0.03

0.06

0.16

27.01%

Positive Solitude → FoMO → Anxiety

0.01

0.01

-0.01

0.03

-

Eccentricity → FoMO → Anxiety

0.00

0.01

-0.02

0.02

-

Social Avoidance → FoMO → Anxiety

0.03**

0.01

0.01

0.06

16.84%

Loneliness →FoMO → Anxiety

0.11***

0.02

0.07

0.16

32.11%

Positive Solitude → FoMO → Stress

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.02

-

Eccentricity → FoMO → Stress

0.00

0.01

-0.01

0.01

-

Social Avoidance → FoMO → Stress

0.02*

0.01

0.01

0.04

18.81%

Loneliness → FoMO → Stress

0.07**

0.02

0.02

0.11

20.06%

  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 was used to compute the 95% confidence intervals.