Table 2. Logistic Regression for Social Media Variables and Mental Health Outcomesa.
Social media variables | Outcomes | |||||||||||
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Depression | Emotional problems | Conduct problems | Body image | |||||||||
B (95% CI) | SE | P value | B (95% CI) | SE | P value | B (95% CI) | SE | P value | B (95% CI) | SE | P value | |
Age at first smart phone | −0.09 (−0.42 to 0.25) | 0.17 | .61 | 0.01 (− 0.31 to −0.33) | 0.16 | .97 | −0.25 (−0.63 to −0.12) | 0.19 | .19 | 0.17 (−0.16 to −0.51) | 0.17 | .30 |
Gender identity | 1.06 (−.90 to 3.02) | 1.00 | .29 | −1.36 (−3.25 to −0.52) | 0.96 | .16 | −1.61 (−3.87 to −0.64) | 1.15 | .16 | −0.72 (−2.88 to −1.33) | 0.26 | .47 |
Social media time | 0.02 (−0.07 to 0.11) | 0.05 | .69 | −.03 (−0.13 to −0.05) | 0.05 | .40 | −0.01 (−0.12 to −0.09) | 0.05 | .80 | 0.01 (−0.08 to −0.09) | 0.04 | .84 |
Active use | −0.04 (−0.25 to 0.19) | 0.11 | .78 | −0.18 (−0.40 to −0.04) | 0.11 | .10 | 0.05 (−0.20 to −0.31) | 0.13 | .68 | 0.46 (0.24 to −0.68) | 0.11 | <.001 |
Passive use | 0.10 (−0.06 to 0.27) | 0.08 | .21 | 0.07 (−0.09 to −0.22) | 0.08 | .38 | 0.04 (−0.15 to −0.24) | 0.10 | .65 | −0.08 (−0.24 to −0.08) | 0.08 | .32 |
Social comparisons | 0.52 (0.31 to 0.73) | 0.11 | .001 | 0.48 (0.29 to −0.68) | 0.10 | <.001 | 0.54 (0.31 to −0.76) | 0.11 | <.001 | −0.48 (−0.67 to −0.28) | 0.10 | <.001 |
Intentional breaks | −0.11 (−0.11 to 0.08) | 0.08 | .16 | −0.15 (−0.30 to −0.01) | 0.08 | .049 | −0.12 (−0.29 to −0.05) | 0.09 | .16 | 0.13 (−0.02 to −0.27) | 0.13 | .09 |
School digital literacy | −0.19 (−0.19 to 0.08) | 0.08 | .02 | −0.10 (−0.24 to −0.04) | 0.07 | .17 | 0.01 (−0.16 to −0.18) | 0.09 | .91 | 0.29 (0.15 to −0.44) | 0.07 | <.001 |
Clean/curate feed | 0.48 (0.33 to 0.64) | 0.08 | <.001 | 0.31 (0.17 to −0.45) | 0.07 | <.001 | 0.29 (0.12 to −0.44) | 0.08 | <.001 | −0.08 (−0.22 to −0.05) | 0.07 | .23 |
Mindful media | −0.04 (−0.15 to 0.07) | 0.06 | .47 | −0.05 (−0.17 to 0.05) | 0.06 | .31 | −0.04 (−0.17 to −0.08) | 0.06 | .51 | 0.01 (−0.10 to −0.12) | 0.06 | .90 |
Problematic social media use | 1.02 (0.66 to 1.38) | 0.18 | <.001 | 0.41 (0.10 to −0.72) | 0.16 | .009 | 0.49 (0.10 to −0.87) | 0.19 | .01 | −0.06 (−0.36 to −0.24) | 0.15 | .69 |
Only logistic regression main effect sizes are shown in the table for parsimony. B refers to the unstandardized coefficient (point estimate).