Table 3.
Pearson correlations between key variables (N=302)a.
Measure | Problematic social media use | Social media hours per week (natural log [Ln]) | Internalized sexual and gender minority stigma | Emotional social support | Depressive symptoms | ||||||
Problematic social media use | |||||||||||
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r | 1 | 0.24b | 0.22b | −0.16c | 0.22b | |||||
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P value | —d | <.001 | <.001 | .007 | <.001 | |||||
Social media hours per week (natural log [Ln]) | |||||||||||
|
r | 0.24b | 1 | −0.05 | 0.02 | 0.15c | |||||
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P value | <.001 | — | .41 | .78 | .009 | |||||
Internalized sexual and gender minority stigma | |||||||||||
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r | 0.22b | −0.05 | 1 | −0.23b | 0.13e | |||||
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P value | <.001 | .41 | — | <.001 | .02 | |||||
Emotional social support | |||||||||||
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r | −0.16c | 0.02 | −0.23b | 1 | −0.28b | |||||
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P value | .007 | .78 | <.001 | — | <.001 | |||||
Depressive symptoms | |||||||||||
|
r | −0.22b | 0.15c | 0.13e | −0.28b | 1 | |||||
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P value | <.001 | .009 | .02 | <.001 | — |
an=300 for social media hours per week; n=299 for internalized sexual and gender minority stigma.
bSignificant at the P<.001 level.
cSignificant at the P<.01 level.
dNot applicable.
eSignificant at the P<.05 level.