Table 6.

Estimated coefficients of the mediation models with positive mental health (predictor), sense of control (mediator), and addictive social media use (outcome)

	Total effect			Direct effect			Indirect effect
	c	SE	95% CI	c’	SE	95% CI	ab	SE	95% CI
China (N = 1030)
Addictive Social Media Use	−.021	.024	[−.068, .026]	.032	.023	[−.013, .076]	−.053	.011	[−.076, −.033]
France (N = 1012)
Addictive Social Media Use	−.085	.025	[−.134, −.036]	−.021	.026	[−.073, .030]	−.064	.012	[−.089, −.042]
Germany (N = 1175)
Addictive Social Media Use	−.112	.024	[−.159., −.066]	−.026	.026	[−.076, .024]	−.086	.014	[−.116, −.059]
Poland (N = 1012)
Addictive Social Media Use	−.094	.024	[−.141, −.047]	−.006	.024	[−.054, .042]	−.088	.012	[−.112, −.066]
Russia (N = 1020)
Addictive Social Media Use	−.016	.030	[−.075, .043]	.032	.029	[−.025, .090]	−.048	.011	[−.070, −.029]
Spain (N = 997)
Addictive Social Media Use	−.078	.026	[−.129, −.028]	.010	.028	[−.045, .064]	−.088	.015	[−.118, −.059]
Sweden (N = 1022)
Addictive Social Media Use	−.098	.020	[−.138, −.058]	−.007	.022	[−.051, .037]	−.091	.013	[−.116, −.065]
U.K. (N = 1073)
Addictive Social Media Use	−.059	.020	[−.097, −.020]	.009	.023	[−.037, .054]	−.067	.014	[−.095, −.039]
U.S. (N = 1077)
Addictive Social Media Use	−.068	.024	[−.114, −.021]	.042	.024	[−.006, .089]	−.109	.015	[−.138, −.080]

SE = standard error, CI=Confidence interval; all CIs generated with bootstrapping: N = 10.000