Table 3.

Mediation Role of Automatic Thoughts and Social Problem Solving in the Effect of Dysfunctional Attitudes on Social Media Addiction

Effect/way	B	sh.	%95 lower GA.	%95 upper GA.	R2	F
X- > Y
DAS-R > SMAS	0.8091a	0.0463	0.7177	0.9006	0.6547	305.2598a
X > M1
DAS-R > ATQ	0.8132a	0.0459	0.7227	0.9038	0.6613	314.3950a
X > M2
DAS-R > SPSI	−0.7999a	0.0473	−0.8933	−0.7065	0.6399	286.0956a
X > Y; M1;M2 > Y
DAS-R > SMAS	0.2960a	0.0707	0.1563	0.4357	0.7680	175.4811a
ATQ > SMAS	0.4702a	0.0778	0.3166	0.6239
SPSI > SMAS	−0.1634a	0.0755	−0.3124	−0.0144
X > M1;M2 > Y
DAS-R > ATQ > SMAS	0.3824a	0.0778	0.2272	0.5441
DAS-R > SPSI > SMAS	0.1307a	0.0594	0.0122	0.2443

Abbreviations: SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval; DAS-R, dysfunctional attitudes scale short form; SMAS, social media addiction scale; ATQ, automatic thoughts questionnaire; SPSI-R, social problem-solving inventory-revised form.

^aP < 0.05.