Table 8.

Results of mediational analysis.

Paths	B	SE	β	95% CI for B	Hypothesis
Academic stress -> escape motives (a1)	0.78***	0.13	0.32	[0.53, 1.02]
Academic stress -> coping motives (a2)	0.72***	0.14	0.30	[0.44, 1.01]
Escape motives -> PSU (b11)	−0.12	0.07	−0.13	[−0.26, 0.03]
Coping motives -> PSU (b12)	−0.02	0.06	−0.04	[−0.14, 0.10]
Escape motives -> IGD (b21)	0.79***	0.08	0.83	[0.64, 0.95]
Coping motives -> IGD (b22)	0.20***	0.06	0.30	[0.08, 0.32]
Direct effect
Academic stress -> PSU (c1)	0.71***	0.11	0.44	[0.49, 0.94]
Academic stress -> IGD (c2)	0.28**	0.10	0.12	[0.06, 0.48]
Indirect effect
Academic stress -> escape motives -> PSU (a1*b11)	−0.09	0.07	−0.04	[−0.22, 0.06]	H1a
Academic stress -> coping motives -> PSU (a1*b12)	−0.02	0.05	−0.01	[−0.12, 0.08]	H1b
Academic stress -> escape motives -> IGD (a2*b21)	0.57***	0.14	0.25	[0.30, 0.85]	H2a
Academic stress -> coping motives -> IGD (a2*b22)	0.15**	0.05	0.10	[0.05, 0.25]	H2b
Total effect
PSU (c1+a1*b11+a1*b12)	0.61***	0.10	0.45	[0.42, 0.81]
IGD (c2+a2*b21+a2*b22)	0.99***	0.14	0.65	[0.70, 1.26]

N = 580.

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001.