Table 3.
Correlations between Online Social Communication and Other Study Variables
| Measure | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Preference for online communication (W3) |
— | .479** | −.104 | −.174 | −.059 | .425** | .012 | .038 | .280** | −.279** |
| 2. Interaction with strangers online (W3) |
— | −.054 | −.283** | −.278** | .453** | .031 | −.101 | .236** | −.093 | |
| 3. Number of Facebook friendsa (W3) |
— | .082 | .206* | −.239* | −.064 | .074 | .108 | .235** | ||
| 4. Connection with Facebook friends (W3) |
— | .425** | −.316** | .035 | .183* | −.090 | .175 | |||
| 5. Support from Facebook friends (W3) |
— | −.161 | .002 | .129 | −.075 | .138 | ||||
| 6. Peer impairment compositeb (W1/W2) |
— | −.087 | −.117 | .165* | −.582** | |||||
| 7. Age (W3) | — | −.016 | .008 | −.031 | ||||||
| 8. Household income (W1) | — | −.018 | .110 | |||||||
| 9. Total time using online social communication (W3) |
— | .024 | ||||||||
| 10. Positive peer relationshipsc (W3) |
— |
Note. W1 = Wave 1; W2 = Wave 2; W3 = Wave 3.
a
This variable was square root transformed to yield an approximately normal distribution.
b
This variable is an averaged z-score of the W1 peer sociometric preference measure and W2 teacher report of peer acceptance, multiplied by −1.
c
Assessed on Peer Attachment subscale of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01