TABLE 2.

Indirect effect of dysfunctional impulsivity on smartphone abuse through sensation seeking scales.

Mediator	Effect of X on M (a)	SE	Effect of M on Y (b)	SE	Bootstrap estimate	SE	BCa 95% CI
							Lower	Upper
Thrill and adventure seeking	0.01622**	0.0591	−0.0420***	0.0125	–0.0068	0.0032	–0.140	–0.0015
Experience seeking	0.1630***	0.0425	0.0096	0.0204	0.0016	0.0035	–0.0052	0.0089
Disinhibition	0.2070***	0.0507	0.0676***	0.0166	0.0140	0.0051	0.0055	0.0251
Boredom susceptibility	0.2564***	0.0516	0.0331*	0.0142	0.0085	0.0041	0.0011	0.0172

Based on 5,000 bootstrap samples.

BCa, bias corrected and accelerated; CI, confidence interval.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.