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. 2021 Aug 4;16(8):e0255648. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255648

Table 6. Reciprocal relationships between social media self-control failure and mindfulness.

Unconstrained model (df = 1) Constrained autoregressive paths (df = 3) Constrained cross-lagged paths (df = 3) Constrained autoregressive and cross-lagged paths (df = 5)
b SE p b SE p b SE p b SE p
Autoregressive paths
SMSCF T1 → SMSCF T2 -0.075 0.101 0.456 -0.057 0.092 0.533 -0.110 0.105 0.295 -0.059 0.101 0.558
SMSCF T2 → SMSCF T3 -0.017 0.127 0.896 -0.057 0.092 0.533 0.034 0.126 0.791 -0.059 0.101 0.558
MF T1 → MF T2 0.238 0.200 0.232 0.393 0.173 0.023* 0.286 0.202 0.157 0.377 0.166 0.022*
MF T2 → MF T3 0.424 0.128 0.001** 0.393 0.173 0.023* 0.388 0.143 0.007** 0.377 0.166 0.022*
Cross-lagged paths
SMSCF T1 → MF T2 -0.148 0.075 0.049* -0.148 0.062 0.018* -0.096 0.059 0.107 -0.113 0.065 0.075
SMSCF T2 → MF T3 -0.016 0.089 0.861 -0.058 0.105 0.557 -0.096 0.059 0.107 -0.113 0.065 0.075
MF T1 → SMSCF T2 -0.078 0.213 0.716 -0.191 0.185 0.302 -0.258 0.164 0.115 -0.314 0.176 0.082
MF T2 → SMSCF T3 -0.435 0.181 0.017* -0.444 0.186 0.017* -0.258 0.164 0.115 -0.314 0.176 0.082
Covariance
Between-person -0.286 0.046 0.000*** -0.269 0.069 0.000*** -0.283 0.324 0.004** -0.270 0.050 0.000***
Intra-wave correlation T1 -0.066 0.040 0.100 -0.080 0.063 0.205 -0.067 0.323 0.836 -0.081 0.039 0.040*
Intra-wave correlation T2 -0.085 0.037 0.023* -0.101 0.040 0.011* -0.087 0.040 0.030* -0.099 0.044 0.026*
Intra-wave correlation T3 -0.047 0.020 0.018* -0.049 0.020 0.016* -0.043 0.019 0.010* -0.044 0.020 0.026*

NT1 = 594, NT2 = 410, NT3 = 329, SMSCF = Social media self-control failure, MF = Mindfulness.

***p < .001,

**p < .01,

*p < .05