Table 4.
Results of the hierarchical regression analyses regarding SUD, WhatsApp and Facebook Use Disorder as dependent variables.
| SUD |
WhatsApp Use Disorder |
Facebook Use Disorder |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | p | β | p | β | p | |
| Age | −0.01 | 0.70a | −0.10 | <0.01 | 0.06 | <0.01 |
| WhatsApp Use Disorder | 0.58 | <0.01 | ||||
| Facebook Use Disorder | 0.18 | <0.01 | ||||
| FoMO | 0.12 | <0.01 | 0.42 | <0.01 | 0.33 | <0.01 |
| Life satisfaction | −0.04 | 0.01 | ||||
Note: SUD: Smartphone Use Disorder; β: standardized regression coefficient. Displayed are the models, which contributed with the highest explained variance.
Age reached significance as a predictor in the first block of the analysis. However, after including WhatsApp Use Disorder and FoMO as predictors, age was not a significant predictor of SUD anymore.