Table 6.
A multivariate regression analysis on the impact of variables on total scores of the scale and subscales (N=2000).
| Model | B | SD | Beta | t test (df) | P value | ||||||
| Overall | |||||||||||
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Constant | 30.910 | 8.597 | —a | 3.595 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Number of hours of mobile phone use | 3.497 | 0.383 | 0.195 | 9.131 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Age (years) | 0.726 | 0.442 | 0.042 | 1.643 (6) | .10 | |||||
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Gender | 8.927 | 0.917 | 0.209 | 9.740 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Grade | 0.520 | 0.866 | 0.016 | 0.600 (6) | .55 | |||||
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Residence | 2.545 | 0.913 | 0.060 | 2.787 (6) | .005 | |||||
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Having a boyfriend or girlfriend or not | -1.589 | 1.013 | -0.034 | -1.569 (6) | .12 | |||||
| Not being able to access information | |||||||||||
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Constant | 5.279 | 2.311 | — | 2.285 (6) | .02 | |||||
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Number of hours of mobile phone use | 0.683 | 0.103 | 0.144 | 6.632 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Age (years) | 0.144 | 0.119 | 0.032 | 1.210 (6) | .23 | |||||
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Gender | 2.133 | 0.246 | 0.189 | 8.659 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Grade | 0.273 | 0.233 | 0.031 | 1.171 (6) | .24 | |||||
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Residence | 0.523 | 0.245 | 0.046 | 2.132 (6) | .03 | |||||
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Having a boyfriend or girlfriend or not | -0.063 | 0.272 | -0.005 | -0.233 (6) | .82 | |||||
| Giving up convenience | |||||||||||
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Constant | 9.967 | 2.959 | — | 3.369 (6) | .001 | |||||
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Number of hours of mobile phone use | 1.273 | 0.132 | 0.208 | 9.657 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Age (years) | 0.225 | 0.152 | 0.038 | 1.482 (6) | .14 | |||||
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Gender | 2.852 | 0.315 | 0.195 | 9.040 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Grade | -0.850 | 0.298 | -0.074 | -2.850 (6) | .004 | |||||
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Residence | 0.509 | 0.314 | 0.035 | 1.621 (6) | .11 | |||||
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Having a boyfriend or girlfriend or not | -0.449 | 0.349 | -0.028 | -1.286 (6) | .20 | |||||
| Not being able to communicate | |||||||||||
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Constant | 9.000 | 2.552 | — | 3.527 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Number of hours of mobile phone use | 0.463 | 0.114 | 0.089 | 4.069 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Age (years) | 0.305 | 0.131 | 0.062 | 2.329 (6) | .02 | |||||
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Gender | 2.169 | 0.272 | 0.176 | 7.974 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Grade | -0.882 | 0.257 | -0.091 | -3.430 (6) | .001 | |||||
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Residence | 0.671 | 0.271 | 0.054 | 2.474 (6) | .01 | |||||
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Having a boyfriend or girlfriend or not | -0.568 | 0.301 | -0.042 | -1.888 (6) | .06 | |||||
| Losing connectedness | |||||||||||
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Constant | 6.663 | 2.905 | — | 2.294 (6) | .02 | |||||
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Number of hours of mobile phone use | 1.079 | 0.129 | 0.179 | 8.339 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Age (years) | 0.052 | 0.149 | 0.009 | 0.347 (6) | .73 | |||||
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Gender | 1.774 | 0.310 | 0.123 | 5.727 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Grade | 1.979 | 0.293 | 0.175 | 6.761 (6) | <.001 | |||||
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Residence | 0.841 | 0.309 | 0.058 | 2.727 (6) | .006 | |||||
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Having a boyfriend or girlfriend or not | -0.510 | 0.342 | -0.032 | -1.489 (6) | .14 | |||||
aNot available.