Table 3.

Significant predictors for the perceived importance of social connectedness variable (n = 394).

Variables	B	Wald	Sig.	Odds Ratio
Extraversion	0.31	9.24	<0.01	1.36
Conscientiousness	0.38	7.24	<0.01	1.47
Need to belong scale	0.11	33.33	<0.001	1.11
Perceived attachment to phones scale	0.29	5.98	0.02	1.33
Type of ICT as news source	0.27	12.75	<0.001	1.31
Gender	0.78	10.40	<0.001	2.17