Table 1.
The number of weekly sessions on apps and smartphones: descriptive statistics of the overall sample stratified by gendera.
| App or device | Number of sessions/week, mean (SD) | U | P value | ||||||||||
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All participants (N=124) | Males (n=46) | Females (n=78) |
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| 43.25 (65.78) | 45.61 (79.78) | 41.86 (56.45) | 1843.50 | .79 | |||||||||
| Image-based social networking apps | 61.81 (104.96) | 50.09 (126.24) | 68.72 (90.31) | 2098.50 | .10 | ||||||||
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Snapchat | 21.86 (52.03) | 22.24 (60.3) | 21.64 (46.91) | 1841.50 | .77 | |||||||
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39.34 (70.35) | 27.85 (74.98) | 47.08 (66.94) | 2098.50 | .06 | ||||||||
| Instant messaging apps | 327.31 (219.56) | 336.26 (207.92) | 322.03 (207.41) | 1767.50 | .89 | ||||||||
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Telegram | 6.41 (40.10) | 4.37 (13.88) | 7.62 (49.52) | 1773.00 | .84 | |||||||
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319.10 (219.56) | 332.96 (226.82) | 310.92 (216.24) | 1742.50 | .79 | ||||||||
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Messenger | 8.05 (22.57) | 6.57 (15.53) | 8.92 (25.9) | 1976.00 | .31 | |||||||
| Smartphone use | 347.26 (199.43) | 331.54 (184.20) | 356.53 (208.48) | 1945.00 | .44 | ||||||||
aGender was coded (male=0; female=1).