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. 2022 Oct 1;11(19):5838. doi: 10.3390/jcm11195838

Table 3.

Mediation analysis of SDQ subscales toward correlation of IAT scores and functional connectivity.

rsFC Effect of IAT to Emotional Symptoms Subscale (a) Direct Effect of Emotional Symptoms Subscale (b) Direct Effect of IAT (c’) Total Effect of IAT (C) Indirect Effect of IAT (ab)
β SE β SE β SE β SE β SE Boot 95%CI
LPFC(L)-aIns(L) 0.054 ** 0.02 0.097 0.017 0.0064 ** 0.0025 0.007 *** 0.0024 0.0005 0.001 −0.0016, 0.0024
LPFC(L)-MPFC 0.054 ** 0.02 −0.036 ** 0.015 −0.0026 0.0023 −0.0045 * 0.0022 −0.002 0.0013 (−0.0051, −0.0001) +
−0.12 0.074 (−0.29, −0.0052)
LPFC(L)-LP(R) 0.054 ** 0.02 −0.0059 0.015 −0.0046 * 0.0023 −0.0050 * 0.0021 −0.0003 0.001 −0.0021, 0.0019

Notes: * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p ≤ 0.001; + Unstandardized; Completely Standardized; rsFC, Resting-state functional connectivity; IAT, Internet addiction test; LPFC(L), Left lateral prefrontal cortex; aIns(L), Left anterior insula; MPFC, Medial prefrontal cortex; LP(R), Right lateral parietal cortex. Significant standardized beta coefficient of indirect effect is bolded.