Adolescent sadfishing on social media: anxiety, depression, attention seeking, and lack of perceived social support as potential contributors

Table 5 Summary statistics for the regression equation predicting social media sadfishing (N = 345)

Predictive Variables	R ²	∆R ²	B	SD	β	t	p
Final model	0.66	0.43
Anxiety			0.09	0.03	0.21	3.55	0.000
Depression			0.06	0.02	0.14	2.18	0.030
Attention seeking			0.20	0.04	0.20	4.66	0.000
Perceived social support from family			− 0.06	0.03	− 0.14	-2.08	0.039
Perceived social support from friends			− 0.06	0.02	− 0.15	-2.73	0.007
Perceived social support from significant other			− 0.03	0.02	− 0.07	-1.04	0.298
Social media integration and emotional connection			0.03	0.02	0.08	1.44	0.150
Social media integration into social routines			0.01	0.03	0.01	0.33	0.739

Note. R2: R-squared or coefficient of determination; ∆R2: Delta R²; B: Unstandardized coefficient; β: Standardized coefficient

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