Table 1.
Total sample | Gender | Age | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M (SD) | Males [M (SD)] | Females [M (SD)] | F(1, 713) | Young adults [M (SD)] | Adults [M (SD)] | F(1, 713) | |
Hours/day on social media | 3.30 (1.47) | 3.13 (1.51) | 3.37 (1.45) | 3.93* | 3.51 (146) | 2.80 (1.38) | 31.45*** |
Loneliness | 1.9 (0.58) | 1.96 (0.53) | 1.88 (0.60) | 4.76* | 1.96 (0.58) | 1.76 (0.54) | 9.71** |
Anxiety | 0.69 (0.67) | 0.59 (0.60) | 0.73 (0.69) | 4.01* | 0.76 (0.69) | 0.52 (0.56) | 13.01*** |
Excessive social media use | 2.1 (0.81) | 2.12 (0.86) | 2.08 (0.79) | 0.03ns | 2.16 (0.80) | 1.94 (0.81) | 10.51** |
p < 0.05;
p < 0.01;
p < 0.001.