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. 2020 Dec 18;11:577639. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.577639

TABLE 1.

Descriptive statistics for study variables.

Variable M SD Min Max α Skew Kurtosis
Stress 3.099 0.480 1.43 4.86 .797 0.110 0.352
Anxiety 2.339 0.812 1.00 4.00 .905 0.266 −0.723
Media Exposure 21.416 11.562 0.00 120.00* 2.563 14.618
Problem-Focus Media Coping 2.087 0.792 1.00 4.00 .822 0.418 −0.648
Avoidant Media Coping 1.681 0.738 1.00 4.00 .823 1.069 0.342
Escapist Media Coping 2.649 0.772 1.00 4.00 .827 −0.143 −0.829
Reframing Media Coping 2.547 0.853 1.00 4.00 .765 −0.053 −0.731
Humor Media Coping 2.228 0.885 1.00 4.00 .670 0.281 −0.857
Hedonic Media 5.411 1.080 1.00 7.00 .910 −0.817 0.773
Eudaimonic Media 4.333 1.359 1.00 7.00 .881 −0.225 −0.439
Media Need Satisfaction 4.413 1.249 1.00 7.00 .930 −0.568 0.246
Optimism 3.322 0.709 1.17 5.00 .758 −0.025 −0.189
Hope 3.058 0.453 1.38 4.00 .842 −0.223 0.421
Resilience 3.226 0.754 1.00 5.00 .805 −0.186 −0.008
Affect 3.328 0.703 1.00 5.00 .897 −0.331 −0.149
Mental Health 3.155 0.724 1.00 5.00 .810 −0.234 −0.136
Flourishing 5.314 0.992 2.00 7.00 .913 −0.361 −0.292

*A total of n = 112 reported media exposure > 24 h in a typical day. Given multitasking possibilities, we only excluded those reporting more than 24 h for a single medium. Median value for media exposure is 19.00 h.