Table 3.
The mediation effect of frequency of international social media use on CTE.
| Predictors |
Model 1. CTE |
Model 2. Media skepticism |
Model 3. CTE |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | t | b | t | b | t | |
| Age | .01 | .69 | .003 | .45 | -.003 | -.38 |
| Gender | .06 | .88 | .05 | .66 | .10 | 1.27 |
| Education | -.14 | −2.63∗∗ | .13 | 2.49∗ | -.06 | −1.13 |
| Income | .01 | .29 | .08 | 2.38∗ | .07 | 1.82 |
| Efficacy | -.24 | −6.04∗∗∗ | .06 | 1.55 | -.27 | −6.26∗∗∗ |
| International social media use | -.16 | −6.73∗∗∗ | .22 | 10.15∗∗∗ | -.09 | −3.35∗∗ |
| Media skepticism | -.39 | −8.92∗∗∗ | ||||
| R2 | .25∗∗∗ | .41∗∗∗ | .38∗∗ | |||
| F | 42.15∗∗∗ | 72.90∗∗∗ | 54.98∗∗∗ | |||
Note. Each column illustrates a regression model that predicts the criterion at the top of the column. Gender was dummy coded such that 0 = female and 1 = male.∗p < .05. ∗∗p < .01. ∗∗∗p < .001.