Table 2.
Hierarchical regression predicting Facebook addiction and state anxiety without Facebook
Facebook addiction | State anxiety without Facebook | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
β | t | β | t | |
Block 1: Demographics | ||||
Male | −0.085 | 1.513 | −0.051 | −0.891 |
Age | 0.020 | 0.314 | 0.015 | 0.237 |
Education | 0.102 | 1.540 | 0.013 | 0.190 |
Household income | −0.045 | −0.791 | 0.021 | 0.362 |
White | −0.083 | −1.612 | −0.092 | −1.569 |
ΔR2 | .025 | .011 | ||
Block 2: Personality | ||||
Trait anxiety | 0.121 | 1.926* | 0.119 | 1.808* |
ΔR2 | .032* | .013* | ||
Block 3: Facebook use | ||||
Facebook use intensity | 0.573 | 12.258*** | 0.567 | 11.869*** |
ΔR2 | .318*** | .312*** | ||
Block 4: Different types of Facebook activities | ||||
Broadcasting | 0.200 | 3.013** | 0.171 | 2.493** |
Directed communication | 0.037 | 0.696 | −0.091 | −1.665 |
ΔR2 | .035** | .015* | ||
Block 5: Facebook addiction | ||||
Facebook addiction | – | 0.291 | 5.226*** | |
ΔR2 | .047*** | |||
Block 5: Gender × Trait | ||||
Gender × Trait anxiety | 0.204 | 3.161** | −0.036 | −0.954 |
ΔR2 | .032** | .003 | ||
Total ΔR2 | .442 | .401 |
Note. β: standardized regression coefficients.
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.