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Differences in depression, anxiety, and stress scores by social media use (did not use vs used) in the study sample using the t-test for equality of means.
| Variable | Did not use social media, mean (SD) | Used social media, mean (SD) | t (df) | P value | Cohen d |
| Depression score | 8.09 (2.25) | 8.82 (2.86) | −3.12 (600) | <.001 | −0.27 |
| Anxiety score | 7.69 (1.54) | 7.99 (1.90) | −1.94 (600) | .03 | −0.17 |
| Stress score | 8.28 (2.53) | 9.18 (2.98) | −3.61 (600) | <.001 | −0.31 |
