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. 2022 Aug 23;15:2273–2290. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S375395

Table 5.

Mediation of the Effect of Smartphone Addiction on Physical Activity Through Self-Efficacy, Intrinsic Motivation, Body-Related Motivation, and Social Motivation

Point Product of Coefficients Bias-Corrected CI
Estimation Standard Error Z Lower Upper
Direct effect (Model 1)
SA→PA −0.265 0.056 −4.732*** −0.496 −0.218
Indirect effect
SA→SE→PA (Path 1) −0.044 0.016 −2.75** −0.016 −0.003
SA→IM→PA (Path2) 0.007 0.011 0.636 −0.003 0.007
SA→SE→IM→PA (Path 3) −0.051 0.014 −3.642*** −0.019 −0.006
Total indirect effect
path1+path2+path3 −0.088 0.023 −3.826*** −0.027 −0.009
Total effect
SA→PA −0.353 0.059 −5.983*** −0.112 −0.062
Difference
path1-path3 −0.006 0.021 −0.285 −0.005 0.014
Ratio
Path1/Total 0.125 0.048 2.604** 0.033 0.193
Path3/Total 0.143 0.042 3.404*** 0.074 0.222
Direct effect (Model 2)
SA→PA −0.265 0.057 −4.649*** −0.370 −0.148
Indirect effect
SA→SE→PA (Path 1) −0.077 0.019 −4.052*** −0.119 −0.044
SA→BRM→PA (Path2) 0.007 0.006 1.166 −0.001 0.021
SA→SE→BRM→PA (Path 3) −0.018 0.008 −2.250* −0.036 −0.005
Total indirect effect
path1+path2+path3 −0.088 0.021 −4.190*** −0.132 −0.049
Total effect
SA→PA −0.353 0.059 −5.983*** −0.466 −0.236
Difference
path1−path3 −0.058 0.021 −2.761** −0.107 −0.025
Ratio
Path1/Total 0.217 0.061 3.557*** 0.126 0.368
Path3/Total 0.051 0.023 2.217* 0.016 0.109
Direct effect (Model 3)
SA→PA −0.273 0.058 −4.706*** −0.380 −0.156
Indirect effect
SA→SE→PA (Path 1) −0.086 0.021 −4.095*** −0.132 −0.050
SA→SM→PA (Path2) 0.015 0.012 1.250 −0.006 0.044
SA→SE→SM→PA (Path 3) −0.009 0.007 −1.285 −0.025 0.003
Total indirect effect
path1+path2+path3 −0.079 0.024 −3.451*** −0.129 −0.033
Total effect
SA→PA −0.353 0.059 −6.324*** −0.466 −0.235
Ratio
Path1/Total 0.244 0.066 3.723*** 0.144 0.405

Notes: The number of bootstrap samples was 5000. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. ***p < 0.001. CIs (confidence intervals) not containing zero were considered significant at the 0.05 level.

Abbreviations: SA, smartphone addiction; IM, intrinsic motivation; BRM, body-related motivation; SM, social motivation; SE, physical activity self-efficacy; PA, physical activity.