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Table 3 Results of moderated mediation analysis (unstandardized coefficient and bootstraps confidence interval)

From: The relationship between specific problematic internet use and hope: academic exhaustion as mediator and mattering as moderator among Chinese university students

 

Mediator model

Dependent model

  

95% CI

   

95% CI

 

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t

LLCI

ULCI

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t

LLCI

ULCI

Sex

0.05 (0.03)

1.68

-0.01

0.11

-0.49 (0.16)

-3.03

-0.81

-0.17

Sibling

-0.09 (0.04)

-2.18

-0.17

-0.01

-0.26 (0.22)

-1.21

-0.69

0.16

School type

0.01 (0.04)

0.32

-0.06

0.08

-0.30 (0.19)

-1.57

-0.67

0.08

Grade

0.02 (0.01)

1.29

-0.01

0.05

-0.24 (0.08)

-2.99

-0.39

-0.08

PSMU

0.04 (0.004)

9.86

0.03

0.05

0.01 (0.02)

0.14

-0.04

0.04

PG

0.03 (0.003)

10.68

0.03

0.04

-0.08 (0.01)

-5.65

-0.11

-0.05

Class 1

0.32 (0.04)

8.39

0.25

0.40

-0.69 (0.51)

-1.37

-1.70

0.31

Class 2

0.75 (0.06)

13.64

0.65

0.86

-2.49 (0.74)

-3.35

-3.94

-1.03

Class 3

0.33 (0.05)

6.28

0.23

0.43

-1.61 (0.62)

-2.61

-2.82

-0.40

PSMU × Class 1

-0.01 (0.01)

-0.08

-0.02

0.02

    

PSMU × Class 2

0.01 (0.01)

0.97

-0.01

0.04

    

PSMU × Class 3

0.01 (0.01)

0.26

-0.02

0.03

    

PG × Class 1

-0.01 (0.01)

-0.69

-0.02

0.01

    

PG × Class 2

-0.01 (0.01)

-1.15

-0.02

0.01

    

PG × Class 3

0.02 (0.01)

2.08

0.01

0.03

    

Academic exhaustion

    

-0.87 (0.10)

-8.64

-1.07

-0.67

Academic exhaustion × Class 1

    

-0.73 (0.24)

-3.02

-1.20

-0.26

Academic exhaustion × Class 2

    

-0.15 (0.29)

-0.51

-0.71

0.42

Academic exhaustion × Class 3

    

-0.48 (0.29)

-1.68

-1.04

0.08

  1. Notes: PSMU Problematic social media use, PG Problematic gaming. Class 1–3 refers to the comparison between Class 1 vs. Class 4, Class 2 vs. Class 4, and Class 3 vs. Class 4, respectively