More grateful, less addicted! Understanding how gratitude affects online gaming addiction among Chinese college students: a three-wave multiple mediation model

Table 2 Testing the multiple mediation model

Predictors	Model 1 (self-control T2)			Model 2 (loneliness T2)			Model 3 (OGA T3)
	β	t	95% CI	β	t	95% CI	β	t	95% CI
Gender	–0.14	–1.20	[–0.38, 0.10]	0.15	1.43	[–0.05, 0.37]	–0.37^**	–3.14	[–0.60, − 0.14]
Age	–0.06	–0.73	[–0.21, 0.10]	0.14^*	2.05	[0.01, 0.27]	–0.16^*	–2.25	[–0.31, − 0.02]
Gratitude (T1)	0.19^**	3.22	[0.07, 0.31]	–0.20^***	–3.69	[–0.31, − 0.10]	–0.04	–0.82	[–0.17, 0.07]
Self-control (T2)				–0.41^**	–7.63	[–0.51, − 0.31]	–0.19^**	–0.30	[–0.32, − 0.06]
Loneliness (T2)							0.18^*	2.74	[0.05, 0.31]
R²	0.04			0.26			0.14
F	3.74^**			23.21^***			9.11^***

Note: online game addiction = OGA, 95% CI = 95% confidence interval, Bootstrap sample size = 5000.

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