Social network addiction symptoms and body dissatisfaction in young women: exploring the mediating role of awareness of appearance pressure and internalization of the thin ideal

Table 3 The serial multiple mediation model, in which awareness and internalization mediate the relationship between social network addiction and body dissatisfaction

Path	Effect	SE	LLCI	ULCI
Total effect (c)	.6078***	.1132	.3851	.8304
Direct effect (c′)	.1340	.0850	− .0332	.3012
a1	.1784***	.0305	.1185	.2383
a2	.0591*	.0289	.0022	.1160
a3	.4276***	.0475	.3341	.5210
b1	1.3294***	.1536	1.0273	1.6314
b2	1.7466***	.1532	1.4454	2.0479

Indirect effects			BootLLCI	BootULCI	Std. effect	P_M
Total indirect effects	.4737	.0774	.3261	.6285	.1982	0.7794
Indirect 1	.2372	.0456	.1528	.3311	.0992	0.3903
Indirect 2	.1033	.0524	.0041	.2061	.0432	0.1700
Indirect 3	.1332	.0285	.0835	.1939	.0557	0.2192

SE, standard error; LLCI, lower limit confidence interval; ULCI, upper limit confidence interval; Effect, unstandardized regression coefficient. BootLLCI, bootstrapping lower limit confidence interval; BootULCI, bootstrapping upper limit confidence interval; Std. effect, completely standardized indirect effects; P_M, the ration of the indirect effect to the total effect. Indirect 1, social network addiction → awareness → body dissatisfaction; Indirect 2, social network addiction → internalization → body dissatisfaction; Indirect 3, social network addiction → awareness → internalization → body dissatisfaction
*p < .05
***p < .001

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