Table 2.
Per protocol baseline sociodemographic, usage data, psychological variables and pre-post intervention scale reliabilities.
| Intervention (n = 72) | Control (n = 71) | Chi Square/ t-Tests |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio/demographics | n | % | n | % | - | - | |
| Gender (female) | 60 | 83.33 | 62 | 87.32 | 1.83, ns a | ||
| Education (under graduates %) | 67 | 93.05 | 65 | 91.54 | 1.03, ns | ||
| Relationship status (% not in relation) | 40 | 55.55 | 38 | 53.52 | 1.35, ns | ||
| Ethnicity (White %) | 49 | 68.05 | 42 | 59.15 | 1.63, ns | ||
| M (SD) | M (SD) | t Tests |
Cronbach’s
α T1 |
Cronbach’s α T2 | |||
| Age | 20.69 (3.27) | 20.82 (3.70) | −0.20, ns | - | - | ||
| Smart hours/day | 4.55 (2.28) | 5.23 (1.89) | −0.28, ns | - | - | ||
| SM hours/day | 2.17 (1.430 | 2.47 (1.28) | −1.36, ns | - | - | ||
| Smart. distraction | 59.52 (7.69) | 57.55 (8.08) | −0.70, ns | 0.90 | 0.88 | ||
| Self-awareness | 74.71(8.20) | 75.00 (9.38) | −0.20, ns | 0.87 | 0.86 | ||
| Mindful Attention | 3.28 (0.52) | 3.40 (0.56) | −1.32, ns | 0.92 | 0.93 | ||
| Stress | 24.44 (4.72) | 28.78 (6.05) | −0.33, ns | 0.86 | 0.83 | ||
| Anxiety | 15.93 (5.94) | 16.63 (4.94) | −0.77, ns | 0.93 | 0.90 | ||
| Online vigilance | 2.43 (0.48) | 2.38 (0.52) | 0.63, ns | 0.89 | 0.87 | ||
| Efficacy | 28.04 (4.35) | 28.96 (4.55) | −2.51, ns | 0.90 | 0.88 | ||
| FoMO | 3.48 (1.36) | 3.54 (1.34) | −0.32, ns | 0.89 | 0.90 | ||
| NoMO | 77.17 (22.40) | 86.32 (23.68) | −0.49., ns | 0.89 | 0.88 | ||
| Def. self-regulation | 14.15 (5.32) | 15.35 (5.39) | −1.50, ns | 0.89 | 0.87 | ||
| Impulsivity | 14.74 (3.39) | 16.27 (3.52) | −0.264, ns | 0.85 | 0.86 | ||
| Prob. SM use | 17.15 (4.95) | 17.18 (5.42) | −0.035, ns | 0.91 | 0.89 | ||
| Automaticity | 5.14 (1.33) | 5.11 (1.20) | −0.88, ns | 0.87 | 0.89 | ||
a ns = non-significant. FoMO=Fear of Missing Out; NoMO = Nomophobia; Def. self-regulation=Deficient self-regulation; Prob. SM use = Problematic social media use.