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. 2024 Dec 6;15:1448168. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1448168

Table 3.

Summary of the multiple regression analyses for the serial multiple mediation model.

Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
B 95% CI SE B β t B 95% CI SE B β t B 95% CI SE B β t B 95% CI SE B β t
Constant 24.56 [23.34, 25.79] 0.62 39.42*** 11.55 [8.66, 14.44] 1.47 7.85*** 12.87 [8.92, 16.82] 2.01 6.40*** 0.39 [−1.12, 1.90] 0.77 0.51
SMU 0.21 [0.02, 0.39] 0.09 0.11 2.22* 0.18 [−0.01, 0.38] 0.10 0.09 1.85 0.24 [−0.01, 0.49] 0.13 0.07 1.91 0.03 [−0.06, 0.12] 0.05 0.02 0.57
Positive affect 0.43 [0.33, 0.54] 0.05 0.38 8.06*** 0.61 [0.46, 0.75] 0.07 0.36 8.26*** 0.12 [0.06, 0.18] 0.03 0.18 4.12***
FoMO 0.53 [0.41, 0.66] 0.06 0.36 8.22*** 0.23 [0.18, 0.89] 0.03 0.39 9.17***
Offline and online self-presentation 0.12 [0.09, 0.16] 0.02 0.31 6.73***
R2 = 0.01, F(1, 383) = 4.91, p < 0.05 R2 = 0.16, F(2, 382) = 36.29, p < 0.001 R2 = 0.38, F(3, 381) = 78.83, p < 0.001 R2 = 0.51, F(4, 380) = 99.55, p < 0.001

N = 385. Model 1, predictor variable: SMU; outcome variable: positive affect. Model 2, predictor variables: SMU and positive affect; outcome variable: FoMO. Model 3, predictor variables: SMU, positive affect, and FoMO; outcome variable: offline and online self-presentation. Model 4, predictor variables: SMU, positive affect, FoMO, and offline and online self-presentation; outcome variable: SMA. SE, standard error. *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001.