Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for the BFI for users and non-users of Facebook and the results of multifactorial ANCOVAs (effects of user group as independent variable).

	Users (n = 2,629)		Non-users (n = 1,206)		Results ANCOVAs
	M	SD	M	SD	F(1, 3830)	p	ηp2
Extraversion	3.33	0.78	3.26	0.76	9.64	0.002	0.003
Assertiveness	3.27	0.88	3.21	0.86	7.02	0.008	0.002
Activity	3.46	0.80	3.42	0.79	1.50	0.220	0.000
Agreeableness	3.48	0.56	3.44	0.53	4.67	0.031	0.001
Altruism	3.51	0.64	3.45	0.62	6.09	0.014	0.002
Compliance	3.48	0.70	3.47	0.71	0.00	0.999	0.000
Conscientiousness	3.36	0.64	3.48	0.64	16.76	<0.001	0.004
Order	3.02	1.01	3.22	1.02	24.15	<0.001	0.006
Self-discipline	3.34	0.64	3.45	0.65	11.50	<0.001	0.003
Neuroticism	2.88	0.77	2.77	0.74	7.12	0.008	0.002
Anxiety	2.96	0.86	2.84	0.83	7.89	0.005	0.002
Depression	2.72	0.95	2.62	0.93	2.11	0.146	0.001
Openness	3.65	0.60	3.66	0.59	0.01	0.941	0.000
Aesthetics	3.51	1.01	3.54	0.98	0.06	0.809	0.000
Ideas	3.70	0.58	3.72	0.58	0.04	0.844	0.000

Note. Scales assessing the broad Big Five factors are bolded. η_p² = partial eta squared.