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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Dev Psychol. 2017 Mar 1;51:12–19. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2017.02.002

Table 1. Descriptive Statistics and Gender Comparisons of Study Variables.

Full Sample Girls Boys Gender Comparison

M (SD) N M (SD) n M (SD) n t (df)
Technology-based SCFS
 Time 1 1.71 (0.77) 690 1.82 (0.83) 385 1.57 (0.68) 305 4.35 (687.16)***
 Time 2 1.87 (0.87) 754 1.94 (0.89) 409 1.80 (0.84) 345 2.29 (752)*
 Time 3 1.90 (0.89) 701 1.98 (0.94) 381 1.82 (0.83) 320 2.34 (699)*
Depressive Symptoms
 Time 1 0.46 (0.50) 745 0.60 (0.54) 413 0.28 (0.37) 332 9.26 (724.47)***
 Time 2 0.49 (0.54) 764 0.63 (0.59) 415 0.32 (0.41) 349 8.76 (736.59)***
 Time 3 0.48 (0.51) 707 0.61 (0.55) 385 0.31 (0.40) 322 8.52 (690.50)***
Frequency of Technology Use
 Time 1 2.62 (1.67) 703 3.11 (1.64) 393 2.01 (1.52) 310 9.15 (701)***
 Time 2 2.43 (1.52) 754 2.85 (1.52) 409 1.94 (1.38) 345 8.53 (752)***
 Time 3 2.52 (1.39) 701 2.90 (1.39) 381 2.08 (1.25) 320 8.16 (695.58)***

Note: SCFS = social comparison and feedback-seeking.

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001