Table 2.

Testing the moderated mediation of trait-FoMO on PSMU.

	b	SE	t	p	95 % CI
Path a: Trait-FoMO → State-FoMO	0.87	0.04	19.18	0.001	[0.78, 0.96]
Path b: State-FoMO → PSMU	0.13	0.04	3.49	0.001	[0.06, 0.20]
Path c’: Trait-FoMO → PSMU (direct effect)	0.14	0.05	2.81	0.01	[0.03, 0.23]
Interaction: Trait-FoMO x Loneliness → State-FoMO	−0.06	0.01	−3.96	0.001	[-0.09, −0.03]
Conditional Indirect Effects: FoMO → PSMU
Trait-FoMO → State-FoMO → PSMU
Loneliness:
Low (one SD below mean = -2.269)	0.12	0.04			[0.05, 0.20]
Medium (mean = 2.17)	0.11	0.03			[0.05, 0.17]
High (one SD above mean = 2.269)	0.09	0.03			[0.04, 0.15]
Index of Moderated Mediation	−0.01	0.00			[-0.01, −0.00]

Note. FoMO = Fear of missing out. PSMU = Problematic social media use.