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. 2022 Dec 14;17(12):e0277674. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277674

Table 1. Determinants of SMF among nursing students (n = 1054).

Variables B SE β t 95% CI p
Gender 1.88 1.12 0.05 1.68 -0.32~4.07 0.093
Education 1.60 0.88 0.06 1.82 -0.12~3.31 0.068
Motivations for Using Social Media
To stay up-to-date with news and current events 1.74 0.81 0.07 2.15 0.15~3.32 0.032
To stay in touch with what my friends are doing 2.47 1.14 0.07 2.19 0.26~4.72 0.029
Purposes of Updating Social Feed
Let others know your recent situation -1.84 0.75 -0.08 -2.44 -3.32~-0.36 0.015
Familiar with relevant regulations on the social media usage -1.42 0.39 -0.10 -3.57 -2.20~-0.64 < .001
FoMO 0.59 0.04 0.41 13.30 0.50~0.67 < .001
SUVSM 0.23 0.04 0.17 5.36 0.15~0.32 < .001
R2 0.33

Note: SE = standard error.