Table 2.

Adolescents’ social media use status and mean, and standard deviation values of social media use scale scores, social appearance anxiety scores, Dutch eating behavior questionnaire scores, and eating disorder assessment scale scores.

	Girls (n = 146)		Boys (n = 163)		Total (n = 309)
	n	%	n	%	n	%			χ 2	p
Daily social media usage time
0–1 h	13	8.9	19	11.7	32	10.4	2.292	0.682
1–3 h	51	34.9	63	38.7	114	36.9
3–5 h	59	40.4	55	33.7	114	36.9
5–7 h	18	12.3	18	11.0	36	11.7
7–9 h	5	3.4	8	4.9	13	4.2
Social media app
Facebook	1	0.7	8	4.9	9	2.9	4.857	0.027 a *
Instagram	121	82.9	130	79.8	251	81.2	0.492	0.290
X	25	17.1	51	31.3	76	24.6	8.332	0.003 a*
TikTok	59	40.4	52	31.9	111	35.9	2.432	0.075
Snapchat	54	37.0	21	12.9	75	24.3	24.342	<0.001 a*
WhatsApp	124	84.9	133	81.6	257	83.2	0.613	0.265
Use of social media effects
Yes	26	17.8	13	8.0	39	12.6	6.752	0.007 a*
No	120	82.2	150	92.0	270	87.4
Caring about friends’ opinions about social media photos
Yes	106		62	38.0	168	54.4	37.091	<0.001 a*
No	40		101	62.0	141	45.6

	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD		p
Social media use scale
Continuity score	11.8	3.9	11	3.6	11.4	3.8		0.052
Proficiency score	11.8	3.5	12.6	3.8	12.2	3.6		0.045 b*
Total score	23.6	6.5	23.6	6.1	23.6	6.3		0.998
Social appearance anxiety scale score	38.1	16.8	30.8	13.9	34.3	15.7		<0.001 b*
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire-Short Form (EDE-Q-13)
Eating restraint	1.6	1.6	1.3	1.6	1.4	1.6		0.124
Shape and weight over-evaluation	2.1	1.7	1.9	1.6	1.9	1.7		0.355
Body dissatisfaction	2.3	1.9	1.9	1.6	2.1	1.9		0.097
Binging	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.8		0.711
Purging	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.4		0.167
Total score	3.1	2.4	2.7	2.1	2.9	2.3		0.212

^aChi-square test.

^bIndependent samples t-test.

*p < 0.05 indicates statistical significance.