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. 2020 Dec 8;11:586222. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.586222

Table 1.

Means, standard deviations, and comparisons between male/female groups and young adult/adult groups.

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.