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International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education

Table 5 Results of mediating effect

From: Off-task social media multitasking during class: determining factors and mediating mechanism

Path coefficient

IV

M

DV

IV → DV

IV → M

IV + M → DV

Mediating

Indirect effect

c

a

IV(c′)

M(b)

 

a × b

IM

SE

OTMT

− 0.193*

0.696***

0.046

− 0.311**

Full

− 0.216**

PI

MP

OTMT

0.235***

0.151*

0.179*

0.144*

Partial

0.179*

  1. The significance of the indirect effect was calculated using the bootstrap percentile p-value obtained from PLS bootstrap resampling analysis
  2. IV independent variable, M mediator, DV dependent variable
  3. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
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