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Table 4 Testing the mediating effect of social media usage on PWB and SWB via self-esteem and online social support

From: How social media usage affects psychological and subjective well-being: testing a moderated mediation model

Independent variables

Mediators

Dependent variables

SEE

OSS

PWB

SWB

B

SE

t

95%CI

B

SE

t

95%CI

B

SE

t

95%CI

B

SE

t

95%CI

LLCI

ULCI

LLCI

ULCI

LLCI

ULCI

LLCI

ULCI

Constant

1.21

.18

6.70

.86

1.56

1.87

.17

11.13

1.55

2.19

.03

.29

.11

-.51

.58

.98

.29

3.34

.44

1.54

SMU

.20

.01

15.75

.18

.23

.09

.01

7.00

.07

.12

.11

.02

4.78

.06

.15

.19

.02

8.36

.14

.23

SEE

     

.57

.03

19.76

.52

.63

.49

.06

8.77

.38

.60

.35

.06

6.29

.24

.46

OSS

          

.49

.05

9.51

.39

.59

.46

.05

8.83

.35

.57

R2

.20

    

.42

    

.38

   

.22

   

F

41.85***

    

103.36***

    

76.64***

   

47.72***

   

Indirect effects via specific mediator(s)

Effect

SE

95%CI

Effect

SE

95%CI

LLCI

ULCI

LLCI

ULCI

Indirect effect of SMU via SEE

.100

.01

.075

.126

.072

.02

.049

.097

Indirect effect of SMU via OSS

.046

.01

.030

.063

.043

.01

.027

.061

Indirect effect of SMU via SEE and OSS

.058

.01

.043

.074

.054

.01

.039

.070

  1. Unstandardized regression coefficients are presented; Bootstrap sample size = 5000, LLCI Bias corrected lower limit confidence interval, ULCI Bias corrected upper limit confidence interval
  2. *p < .05
  3. **p < .01
  4. ***p < .001
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BMC Psychology

ISSN: 2050-7283

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