Table 3.

Coefficients of regression analysis predicting social media coping strategies.

	DV: SMUPC		DV: SMUSC		DV: SMUMD
Variable	β	ΔR2	β	ΔR2	β	ΔR2
Block 1: Control variables
Gender	−0.10*	0.03***	−0.06	0.03***	−0.04	0.04***
Region	−0.13**		−0.16***		−0.19***
Daily social media use duration	−0.09*		−0.04		−0.06
Block 2: Predictor
Perceived COVID-19 stress	0.18**	0.05***	0.22***	0.05***	0.21**	0.05***

SMUPC: Social media usage for problem-focus coping; SMUSC: Social media usage for socioemotional coping; SMUMD: Social media usage for mental disengagement. N = 641. ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001.