Table 5.
Correlations Between Eating Disorder Community Facebook Usage Measures and Relationships and Comparisons to Treatment Peers Subscale scores (N = 415)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Number of Facebook Friends from Treatment | – | |||||||||||
| 2. Number of Facebook Friends from the Broader Eating Disorder Community | .36*** | – | ||||||||||
| 3. Time Spent Looking at Photos of Facebook Friends from the Broader Eating Disorder Community | .18*** | .22*** | – | |||||||||
| 4. Time Spent Looking at Wall Posts of Facebook Friends from the Broader Eating Disorder Community | .14** | .29*** | .64*** | – | ||||||||
| 5. Time Spent Communicating with (Messaging/Writing on Walls) with Facebook Friends from the Broader Eating Disorder Community | .26*** | .38*** | .30*** | .39*** | – | |||||||
| 6. Number of Facebook Eating Disorder Group/Pages Memberships | .16** | .36*** | .10* | .19*** | .18*** | – | ||||||
| 7. Time Spent Per Day Viewing these Groups/Pages | .04 | .11* | .21*** | .41*** | .35*** | .19*** | – | |||||
| 8. Times per Week Posting in these Groups/Pages | .04 | .13** | .14** | .34*** | .33*** | .14** | .38*** | – | ||||
| 9. Relationships to and Identification with Treatment Peers | .28*** | .23*** | .24*** | .27*** | .23*** | .13* | .21*** | .15** | – | |||
| 10. General Comparison to Treatment Peers | −.02 | .00 | .22*** | .21*** | .05 | −.03 | .14** | .05 | .35*** | – | ||
| 11. Negative Comparison to Treatment Peers on Facebook | .11* | .05 | .30*** | .23*** | .10 | −.01 | .16** | .03 | .33*** | .75*** | – | |
| 12. Positive Interaction With Treatment Peers on Facebook subscale | .32*** | .29*** | .21*** | .27*** | .27*** | .09 | .27*** | .19*** | .53*** | .19*** | .31*** | – |
Note.
***
p < .001.
**
p < .01.
*
p < .05.