Table 2.
Correlations between the study variables.
| M (SD) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. PSMU | 1.65 (0.53) | 1 | |||||||
| 2. Social Norms | 1.74 (0.66) | 0.38** | 1 | ||||||
| 3. SM Use | 4.09 (1.05) | 0.30** | 0.04 | 1 | |||||
| 4. Friends Use | 4.63 (0.58) | 0.10** | 0.08* | 0.32** | 1 | ||||
| 5. DER | 2.36 (0.57) | 0.46** | 0.23** | 0.23** | 0.11** | 1 | |||
| 6. E-motional Expression | 2.10 (0.70) | 0.34** | 0.19** | 0.39** | 0.13** | 0.32** | 1 | ||
| 7. Facilitating E-motions | 1.56 (0.65) | 0.38** | 0.30** | 0.18** | 0.05 | 0.35** | 0.49** | 1 | |
| 8. Age | 15.49 (1.04) | −0.08* | −0.10** | 0.07 | 0.05 | −0.03 | −0.03 | −0.04 | 1 |
| 9. Gender | – | −0.11** | 0.03 | −0.23** | −0.03 | −0.18** | −0.15** | 0.04 | −0.01 |
Notes: N = 746; **p < .001; *p < .01; PSMU = Problematic Social Media Use; SM Use = Social Media Use; Friends Use = Perceived social media use by friends; DER = Difficulties in emotion regulation; gender: females = 0, males = 1.