Table 1.

Descriptive statistics. Continuous variables are presented as means (M) and standard deviations (SD). Categorical variables are presented as frequencies (n) and relational proportions (%)

	Study 1 (n = 985)				Study 2 (n = 205)				Study 3 (n = 883)
	Finland nationwide				Finland social media				US nationwide
Continuous variables	Range	M	SD	α	Range	M	SD	α	Range	M	SD	α
Psychological distress	0–36	14.43	6.35	0.88	0–36	15.62	7.14	0.92	0–36	14.53	6.99	0.88
Problem gambling (SOGS)	0–20	1.67	2.59	0.89	0–20	2.13	3.25	0.84	0–20	1.51	2.77	0.90
Problem gambling (SOGS-M)	0–10	1.52	2.10	0.82	0–10	1.84	2.37	0.86	0–10	1.25	2.04	0.83
Age	18–25	22.19	2.19	–	18–29	24.36	2.89	–	18–25	21.54	2.36	–
Categorical variables	Coding	%	n		Coding	%	n		Coding	%	n
Gender	Male	49.24	485		Male	45.37	93		Male	49.83	440
	Female	50.76	500		Female	54.63	112		Female	50.17	443
Consumer debt	No	85.58	843		No	72.68	149		No	87.43	772
	Yes	14.42	142		Yes	27.32	56		Yes	12.57	111
Debt problems	No	94.72	933		No	90.24	185		No	68.97	609
	Yes	5.28	52		Yes	9.76	20		Yes	31.03	274