Table 3.

Psychological morbidity as a mediator in the relationship between composite stress and Internet addiction.

Path	B	SE	t
Total effect of composite stress (IV) on Internet addiction (DV)	0.98	0.06	15.61 ***
Composite stress (IV) to psychological morbidity (M)	3.06	0.09	35.74 ***
Psychological morbidity (M) to Internet addiction (DV)	0.10	0.02	4.350 ***
Direct effect of composite stress (IV) on Internet addiction (DV)	0.66	0.10	6.98 ***
Mediating effect of psychological morbidity (M)	Estimate	BC Bootstrap 95% CI
		Lower	Upper
	0.31 ***	0.16	0.47

Note. Controlling for gender, student status, age; IV, independent variable; DV, dependent variable; M, mediator; *** p < 0.001.