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. 2019 Mar 18;8(1):79–87. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.09

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.