Table 2.

Serial mediation analysis results of the relationship between autistic traits and problematic smartphone use

		Effect	BootSE	95% CI
				Lower	Upper
c	Autistic traits → problematic smartphone use (total effect)	0.389	0.057	0.272	0.492
c′	Autistic traits → problematic smartphone use (direct effect)	− 0.072	0.074	− 0.215	0.072
ab	Total indirect effect	0.461	0.042	0.358	0.251
a1b1	Autistic traits → anxiety → problematic smartphone use	0.169	0.064	0.056	0.303
a2b2	Autistic traits → executive dysfunction → problematic smartphone use	0.165	0.042	0.056	0.303
a1db2	Autistic traits → anxiety → executive dysfunction → problematic smartphone use	0.127	0.065	0.200	0.269