Research Article

Does the Experience of Being Phubbed by Friends Affect Psychological Well-Being? The Mediating Roles of Loneliness, Relationship Satisfaction, and Self-Esteem

Table 4

Paths of significant indirect effects using 10,000 bootstrap samples ().

Paths of indirect effectsBootstrap coefficients 95% confidence interval
EffectBootSEBootLLCBootULCI

Being phubbed -> loneliness -> psychological well-being-.04.01-.07-.02
Being phubbed -> loneliness -> self-esteem -> psychological well-being-.03.01-.05-.01
Being phubbed -> friendship satisfaction -> psychological well-being-.03.01-.04-.01
Being phubbed -> friendship satisfaction -> self-esteem -> psychological well-being-.02.01-.03-.01