Table 3.

Anxiety, social media, and friendship scores in ASD and non-ASD youth

	ASD group	Non-ASD group
Use social media*
Yes	30 (68.2%)	50 (89.3%)
No	14 (31.8%)	5 (8.9%)
Time spent on SM
0–1 h	27	12
1–2 h	9	13
2–4 h	3	16
4–6 h	1	9
More than 6 h	3	5
Social media anxiety (mean)	9.166 (SD = 3.767)	9.554 (SD = 3.889)
Social media utility (mean)	12.619 (SD = 4.595)	13.071 (SD = 4.778)
MASC parent total (mean)	54.627 (SD = 19.353)	58.118 (SD = 25.290)
MASC child total (mean)*	57.318 (SD = 23.008)	69.536 (SD = 26.528)
FQ child + interactions (mean)**	39.006 (SD = 14.407)	52.713 (SD = 16.379)
FQ child − interactions (mean)	32.233 (SD = 11.526)	29.059 (SD = 9.124)
FQ parent + interactions (mean)**	38.130 (SD = 12.600)	52.539 (SD = 16.515)
FQ parent − interactions (mean)	29.035 (SD = 11.397)	29.295 (SD = 10.126)

MASC-2 Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children 2nd Edition, SMES Social Media Experience Scale, FQ + Friendship Questionnaire – Positive Peer Interactions, *indicates significance at p <.05; **indicates significance at p<.01

Note.

^*Indicates significant (p <.05) differences using Fisher’s exact test or Student’s t-test

^**Indicates highly significant (p < .001) differences using Fisher’s exact test or Student’s t-test