Table 3.

Predictors of Compulsive Internet Use (CIUS) across countries.

	India			Philippines			Mexico			Turkey
Variables	β	t	R2	β	t	R2	β	t	R2	β	t	R2
Step 1			0.14			0.10			0.16			0.18
Self-esteem	0.09	0.15*		0.10	1.36*		0.16	3.56*		0.04	0.49*
Loneliness	0.15	2.62*		0.01	0.19*		0.01	0.25*		0.03	0.52*
Psychological distress	0.31	5.22**		0.30	4.05**		0.40	8.41**		0.44	6.5**
Step 2			0.34			0.13			0.34			0.68
Self-esteem	0.23	0.47		0.10	1.64*		0.12	3.11**		0.05	1.30
Loneliness	0.06	1.20**		0.21	2.72		0.05	1.35		0.07	1.77**
Psychological distress	0.10	1.85		0.18	2.46*		0.18	3.83**		0.06	1.16*
Escapism	0.09	1.77*		0.19	2.74		0.05	1.16*		0.15	3.52***
Game addiction	0.12	1.96		0.05	0.75*		0.04	0.97*		0.04	1.02*
Social media use	0.48	8.69***		0.40	4.89***		0.46	10.2***		0.75	17.97***

Note. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001