Table 2. Comparisons of scores obtained by students on the Social Media Addiction Scale-Student form, Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and Social Phobia Scale, Three-Item Loneliness Scale, Medical Student Well-Being Index Scale, and Short Big Five Inventory Scale.
SMA-SF: Social Media Addiction Scale-Student Form; SIAS-6: Social Interaction Anxiety Scale-6; SPS-6: Social Phobia Scale-6; T-ILS: Three-Item Loneliness Scale; MSWBI: Medical Student Well-Being Index Scale
Mann-Whitney U test is used to compare the scores of males and females.
p < 0.05 is significant
| Scales | Gender | Mean | Median | SD | Mann-Whitney U | p-value |
| SMA-SF | Males | 73.8115 | 80.5000 | 21.91167 | 10191.000 | 0.801 |
| Females | 73.8356 | 79.0000 | 22.15892 | |||
| SIAS-6 | Males | 6.9180 | 6.0000 | 5.69702 | 9591.000 | 0.270 |
| Females | 7.3116 | 7.0000 | 5.74685 | |||
| SPS-6 | Males | 7.0164 | 6.0000 | 5.95851 | 10357.500 | 0.986 |
| Females | 7.0445 | 6.0000 | 6.01956 | |||
| T-ILS | Males | 5.2623 | 6.0000 | 1.71914 | 9953.500 | 0.543 |
| Females | 5.3767 | 6.0000 | 1.88552 | |||
| MSWBI | Males | 3.0328 | 3.0000 | 2.40156 | 9053.00 | 0.062 |
| Females | 3.3493 | 4.0000 | 2.42295 | |||
| Extraversion | Males | 6.5000 | 6.0000 | 1.58114 | 8606.000 | 0.009 |
| Females | 6.2123 | 6.0000 | 1.65269 | |||
| Agreeableness | Males | 6.5328 | 6.0000 | 1.43270 | 9166.000 | 0.073 |
| Females | 6.7021 | 6.0000 | 1.44674 | |||
| Conscientiousness | Males | 6.5738 | 6.0000 | 1.33558 | 9975.00 | 0.544 |
| Females | 6.5240 | 6.0000 | 1.29343 | |||
| Neuroticism | Males | 5.6230 | 6.0000 | 1.41613 | 9438.00 | 0.163 |
| Females | 5.8219 | 6.0000 | 1.51140 | |||
| Openness | Males | 6.2623 | 6.0000 | 1.24518 | 9778.500 | 0.364 |
| Females | 6.3356 | 6.0000 | 1.30174 |