Table 6 Mediation analyses testing the influence of psychological distress and self-esteem on the relationships between attachment insecurity and problematic Facebook use§
From: An exploration of the link between adult attachment and problematic Facebook use
|  | Effect of IV on MV (a paths) | Effect of MV on DV (b paths) | Direct effect (c’path) | Total effect (c path) | Indirect effects (a x b) | Indirect effects (a x b) 95% Confidence intervals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | M1 | M2 | M1 | M2 | M1 - M2 | X-Y | M1 | M2 | M'1 | M2 | ||||
b | b | b | b | b | b | b | SE | b | SE | L | U | L | U | |
Attachment anxiety | 6.98** | −1.05** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Social comparison |  |  | 0.09** | −0.26** | 1.78** | 2.68** | 0.66 | 0.13 | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.41 | 0.93 | 0.14 | 0.45 |
 Impression management |  |  | 0.12** | −0.48** | 2.24** | 3.61** | 0.86 | 0.20 | 0.51 | 0.11 | 0.49 | 1.25 | 0.31 | 0.74 |
 Self-disclosures |  |  | 0.04** | .00 | 0.04** | 0.07** | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | .00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | .00 | 0.01 |
 Intrusive - social |  |  | 0.03** | −0.03 | 0.42** | 0.67** | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.32 | −0.01 | 0.06 |
 Intrusive- emotional |  |  | 0.02* | −0.05 | 0.38** | 0.54** | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.02 | .00 | 0.25 | .00 | 0.10 |
 Intrusive – risky/impulsive |  |  | 0.04** | −0.10* | 0.83** | 1.25** | 0.31 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.54 | 0.02 | 0.21 |
Attachment avoidance | 5.57** | −0.95** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Social comparison |  |  | 0.14** | −0.35** | 0.53** | 1.63** | 0.77 | 0.12 | 0.34 | 0.08 | 0.56 | 1.07 | 0.20 | 0.54 |
 Impression management |  |  | 0.15** | −0.52** | 2.59** | 3.89** | 0.82 | 0.17 | 0.49 | 0.11 | 0.53 | 1.17 | 0.30 | 0.72 |
 Self-disclosures |  |  | .00 | .00 | 0.04** | 0.06** | 0.02 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 0.03 | .00 | 0.01 |
 Intrusive - social |  |  | 0.04** | −0.04 | 0.37** | 0.62** | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.08 |
 Intrusive - emotional |  |  | 0.02** | −0.06* | 0.26* | 0.44** | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.11 |
 Intrusive – risky/impulsive |  |  | 0.06** | −0.13** | 0.53** | 0.99** | 0.34 | .009 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.20 | 0.54. | 0.05 | 0.22 |