Association between problematic social media use and memory performance in a sample of Lebanese adults: the mediating effect of anxiety, depression, stress and insomnia

Dagher, Maya; Farchakh, Youssef; Barbar, Sam; Haddad, Chadia; Akel, Marwan; Hallit, Souheil; Obeid, Sahar

doi:10.1186/s13005-021-00260-8

Table 4 Mediation analysis

From: Association between problematic social media use and memory performance in a sample of Lebanese adults: the mediating effect of anxiety, depression, stress and insomnia

	Effect of problematic social media use on anxiety			Effect of problematic social media use and anxiety on memory performance			Direct effect of problematic social media use on memory performance			Mediating effect of anxiety
	Beta	t	p	Beta	t	p	Beta	t	p	Mediating effect of anxiety
Problematic social media use	0.25 [0.04–0.46]	2.34	0.01	−0.15 [−0.34–0.02]	−1.67	0.09	−0.21 [− 0.40—0.02]	−2.24	0.025	21.19%
Anxiety				−0.22 [− 0.31—0.14]	−5.03	< 0.001				21.19%
	Effect of problematic social media use on depression			Effect of problematic social media use and depression on memory performance			Direct effect of problematic social media use on memory performance			Mediating effect of depression
	Beta	t	p	Beta	t	p	Beta	t	p	Mediating effect of depression
Problematic social media use	0.11 [−0.06–0.29]	1.30	0.19	− 0.25 [− 0.44—0.05]	−2.50	0.01	−0.26 [− 0.45—0.06]	− 2.62	0.009	–
Depression				−0.10 [− 0.21–0.01]	−1.75	0.08				–
	Effect of problematic social media use on stress			Effect of problematic social media use and stress on memory performance			Direct effect of problematic social media use on memory performance			Mediating effect of Stress
	Beta	t	p	Beta	t	p	Beta	t	p	Mediating effect of Stress
Problematic social media use	0.12 [0.01–0.22]	2.25	0.02	−0.18 [−0.37—0.004]	−2.50	0.055	−0.21 [− 0.40—0.02]	−2.24	0.025	–
Stress				−0.26 [− 0.44—0.07]	−2.75	0.006
	Effect of problematic social media use on insomnia			Effect of problematic social media use and insomnia on memory performance			Direct effect of problematic social media use on memory performance			Mediating effect of Insomnia
	Beta	t	p	Beta	t	p	Beta	t	p	Mediating effect of Insomnia
Problematic social media use	0.24 [−0.008–0.49]	1.89	0.058	−0.19 [− 0.38—0.004]	−2.01	0.04	−0.22 [− 0.41—0.03]	−2.28	0.023	10.52%
Insomnia				−0.11 [− 0.19—0.03]	−2.80	0.005				10.52%

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