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. 2021 Jan 25;8:555990. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.555990

Table 2.

Correlations between social networking addiction, health indicators, and internet-specific parenting behaviors.

The whole samplea SNA LS Depression SLD SLL RR IR LB QC CU PA
SNA
LS −0.10*
Depression 0.33** −0.22**
SLD 0.32** −0.15** 0.56**
SLL 0.15** −0.06 0.27** 0.34**
RR 0.33** 0.00 0.28** 0.26** 0.04
IR −0.06 −0.00 0.05 0.10* 0.10* −0.24**
LB 0.31** 0.02 0.29** 0.21** 0.00 0.58** −0.25**
QC −0.06 0.13* −0.06 −0.04 −0.07 −0.15** 0.19** 0.01
CU 0.16** 0.12* 0.14** 0.17** −0.03 0.19** 0.02 0.36** 0.17**
PA 0.11* 0.03 0.15** 0.18** 0.00 0.18** 0.18** 0.25** 0.01 0.30**
By genderb SNA LS Depression SLD SLL RR IR LB QC CU PA
SNA −0.13 0.30** 0.26** 0.09 0.34** −0.02 0.25** −0.02 0.14* 0.00
LS −0.06 −0.25** −0.18** −0.07 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.14* 0.19** 0.07
Depression 0.36** −0.17* 0.57** 0.30** 0.30** 0.02 0.29** −0.08 0.15* 0.02
SLD 0.23** −0.11 0.55** 0.38** 0.14* 0.13 0.15* 0.02 0.17* 0.09
SLL 0.13 −0.04 0.21** 0.29** 0.03 0.13 −0.05 −0.02 −0.01 −0.08
RR 0.30** 0.02 0.27** 0.36** 0.01 −0.18** 0.52** −0.09 0.22** 0.08
IR −0.11 −0.05 0.11 0.04 0.06 −0.30** −0.15* 0.17* 0.09 0.20**
LB 0.35** 0.03 0.29** 0.26** 0.02 0.61** −0.36** 0.08 0.37** 0.18**
QC −0.09 0.11 −0.03 −0.10 −0.11 −0.17* 0.20** −0.06 0.23** 0.04
CU 0.21** 0.01 0.13 0.18* −0.03 0.21** −0.08 0.39** 0.09 0.23**
PA 0.22** −0.02 0.30** 0.28** 0.08 0.25** 0.16* 0.32** −0.01 0.42**

LS, life satisfaction; SLD, sleep disturbance; SLL, sleep latency; RR, reactive restriction; IR, internet-specific rules; LB, limiting online behaviors; QC, quality of communication; CU, co-use; PA, parent adherence.

a

Pearson correlation coefficients calculated based on the whole sample (N = 390).

b

Pearson correlation coefficients calculated for males (N = 176) and females (N = 214), respectively; values below the diagonal are for males; values above the diagonal are for females.

*

p < 0.05;

**

p < 0.01.