Table 4.

Bootstrap analysis of the mediating effect of communication ability between social media use and social anxiety.

Path	Effect	Normalized Path Coefficient (β)	Standard Error (S.E.)	95% CI	p
1. Passive social media use → Communication capacity → Social anxiety	Direct effect (c’)	0.646	0.059	0.577~0.715	<0.001
	Indirect effect (ab)	0.050	0.013	0.007~0.059	0.003
	Total effect (c)	0.696	0.031	0.636~0.757	<0.001
2. Active social media use → Communication capacity → Social anxiety	Direct effect (c’)	−0.477	0.039	−0.552~−0.401	<0.001
	Indirect effect (ab)	−0.100	0.014	−0.086~−0.030	<0.001
	Total effect (c)	−0.576	0.033	−0.641~−0.512	<0.001