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. 2023 Nov 7;11:378. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01420-y

Table 4.

Descriptive statistics and correlations for study variables (N = 345)

Variable M SD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Anxiety 7.04 7.09 1
2. Depression 9.44 7.99 0.70** 1
3. Attention seeking 11.40 3.20 0.19** 0.19** 1
4. Perceived social support from family 19.54 7.82 − 0.49** − 0.60** − 0.01 1
5. Perceived social support from friends 17.74 8.06 − 0.41** − 0.45** 0.02 0.55** 1
6. Perceived social support from significant others 19.30 8.29 − 0.42** − 0.51** 0.03 0.75** 0.61** 1
7. SMUIS Social integration and emotional connection 17.26 7.75 0.33** 0.39** 0.18** − 0.30** − 0.17** − 0.25** 1
8. SMUIS Integration into social routines 15.78 4.91 0.14* 0.18** 0.23** − 0.10 0.03 − 0.05 0.64** 1
9. Social media sadfishing 6.96 3.13 0.53** 0.55** 0.28** − 0.49** − 0.42** − 0.44** 0.34** 0.18** 1
Cronbach’s alpha 0.93 0.94 0.72 0.91 0.92 0.92 0.86 0.80 0.85

Note.SMUIS: Social Media Use Integration Scale

*: p < .05, **: p < .01, ***: p < .001