Table 4.
Hierarchical regression results to identify factors associated with smartphone screen time (N = 428).
| Characteristics | Model I | Model II | Model III | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | t | p | β | t | p | β | t | p | |
| Messengers | 0.035 | 0.712 | 0.477 | 0.053 | 1.084 | 0.279 | 0.062 | 1.281 | 0.201 |
| Social media | 0.154 | 3.103 | 0.002 | 0.158 | 3.233 | 0.001 | 0.155 | 3.228 | 0.001 |
| Games | 0.128 | 2.617 | 0.009 | 0.130 | 2.713 | 0.007 | 0.140 | 2.943 | 0.003 |
| Videos/movies/TV | 0.104 | 2.274 | 0.023 | 0.100 | 2.246 | 0.025 | 0.084 | 1.915 | 0.056 |
| Information-searching/web-surfing | −0.055 | −1.213 | 0.226 | −0.023 | −0.515 | 0.607 | −0.025 | −0.557 | 0.578 |
| Educational videos | −0.160 | −3.582 | 0.000 | −0.144 | −3.288 | 0.001 | −0.130 | −2.965 | 0.003 |
| FoMO | 0.296 | 6.577 | 0.000 | 0.233 | 4.903 | 0.000 | 0.227 | 4.827 | 0.000 |
| Parental support | −0.219 | −4.681 | 0.000 | −0.212 | −4.585 | 0.000 | |||
| Teachers support | 0.034 | 0.773 | 0.440 | 0.021 | 0.478 | 0.633 | |||
| Peers support | −0.030 | −0.607 | 0.544 | −0.031 | −0.648 | 0.517 | |||
| Games* Peers support | −0.099 | −2.379 | 0.018 | ||||||
| Educational videos* Parental support | 0.096 | 2.342 | 0.020 | ||||||
| Videos/movies/TV* Parental support | −0.084 | −2.053 | 0.041 | ||||||
| F (p) | 15.648 (<0.001) | 14.648 (<0.001) | 13.395 (<0.001) | ||||||
| R 2 | 0.273 | 0.316 | 0.343 | ||||||
| R2 change | 0.273 | 0.043 | 0.027 | ||||||
Adjusted socio-demographic variables (gender, age, and family structure).