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. 2016 Mar;5(1):122–129. doi: 10.1556/2006.5.2016.007

Table 2.

Time spent online and on Facebook on average and on the previous day in the combined sample and in respondents with and without Disordered Social Networking Site (SNS) use

Total (n = 481) Disordered SNS Use (n = 45) No Disordered SNS Use (n = 436)
M (SD) / % (n) M (SD) / % (n) M (SD) / % (n) Statistic
Time spent online (on average) χ2 = 13.94, p = .02, Φ = .17
 <15 min 0.6 (3) 2.2 (1) 0.5 (2)
 15–30 min 2.7 (13) 4.4 (2) 2.5 (11)
 30 min–1 hour 5.4 (26) 6.0 (26)
 1–2 hours 23.1 (111) 6.7 (3) 24.8 (108)
 2–3 hours 28.7 (138) 40.0 (18) 27.6 (120)
 >3 hours 39.4 (189) 46.7 (21) 38.6 (168)
Time spent on Facebook (on average) χ2 = 30.21, p < .001, Φ = .25
 <15 min 20.0 (96) 6.7 (3) 21.4 (93)
 15–30 min 21.9 (105) 11.1 (5) 23.0 (100)
 30 min–1 hour 25.6 (123) 22.2 (10) 26.0 (113)
 1–2 hours 21.9 (105) 33.3 (15) 20.7 (90)
 2–3 hours 8.3 (40) 15.6 (7) 7.6 (33)
 >3 hours 2.3 (11) 11.1 (5) 1.4 (6)
Time spent online (yesterday) 150.64 (141.38) 228.71 (270.73) 143.02 (119.52) F(1,469) = 10.73, p = .001, ηp2 = .02a
Time spent on Facebook (yesterday) 45.97 (85.60) 100.64 (220.51) 40.43 (54.05) F(1,455) = 19.64, p < .001, ηp2 = .04
a

Race included as significant (p < .05) covariate(s).