Social Media, Social Pressure and Substance Use: Examining Mediating and Moderating Effects On 15–16-Year-Old Adolescents in Northern Cyprus
Table 5: Table 6.5. The Mediating Effect of Social Pressure in the Relationship Between Time Spent on Social Media and Heavy Episodic Drinking Frequency (30-Day Binge)
| Path | b | SE | t | p | 95% CI [LLCI, ULCI] |
| Time Spent on Social Media → Social Pressure | 0.0244 | 0.0073 | 3.36 | .0008 | [0.0101, 0.0386] |
| Social Pressure → Heavy Episodic Drinking Frequency (30-Day Binge) | 0.7706 | 0.0685 | 11.25 | .0000 | [0.6362, 0.9050] |
| Time Spent on Social Media → Heavy Episodic Drinking Frequency (30-Day Binge) | 0.0470 | 0.0182 | 2.58 | .0099 | [0.0113, 0.0827] |
| Indirect Effect | 0.0188 | 0.0059 | - | - | [0.0072, 0.0309] |