Social network site use and materialistic values: the roles of self-control and self-acceptance

BMC Psychology

Table 2 Testing the mediation effect of SNS use intensity on materialistic values via self-control

	Outcome (Materialistic values)		Outcome (Self-control)		Outcome (Materialistic values)
*Predictors*	β	t	β	t	β	t
Age	−0.08	−2.15*	0.02	0.63	−0.07	−2.07*
Gender	−0.01	−0.13	− 0.03	−0.86	− 0.02	−0.51
SES	−0.01	−0.27	− 0.03	−0.89	− 0.03	−0.66
SNS use intensity	0.34	6.06***	−0.17	−2.94**	0.28	5.30***
Self-control					−0.38	−11.08***
R²	0.058		0.018		0.198
F	10.74***		3.14*		34.65***

^⁎ p < 0.050, ^⁎⁎ p < 0.010, ^⁎⁎⁎ p < 0.001. The term “Materialistic values” mentioned first in the table denotes the direct effect under examination, while the second occurrence of “Materialistic values” pertains to the tested mediation effect

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