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]

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