Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of study variables by sex and age groups.
| Male (n = 481) | Female (n = 564) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Variable | Adult Group | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Relatedness need frustration | younger | 7.98 | 3.42 | 7.65 | 3.70 |
| middle-aged | 7.28 | 3.41 | 7.04 | 3.50 | |
| older | 6.29 | 2.76 | 6.74 | 3.56 | |
| Relatedness need satisfaction | younger | 15.11 | 3.30 | 16.67 | 3.04 |
| middle-aged | 16.59 | 3.07 | 17.01 | 3.18 | |
| older | 17.01 | 2.81 | 17.13 | 3.52 | |
| Social media addiction | younger | 10.60 | 4.88 | 13.51 | 5.53 |
| middle-aged | 10.13 | 4.55 | 11.54 | 5.13 | |
| older | 8.18 | 3.39 | 9.84 | 3.96 | |
| Depressive symptoms | younger | 17.27 | 10.46 | 20.38 | 11.99 |
| middle-aged | 16.78 | 10.48 | 17.36 | 12.06 | |
| older | 12.83 | 9.69 | 16.21 | 10.59 | |
| Loneliness | younger | 5.09 | 1.86 | 5.33 | 2.02 |
| middle-aged | 5.00 | 1.86 | 4.74 | 1.87 | |
| older | 4.56 | 1.86 | 4.76 | 1.89 | |
Note. Three participants did not report their sex.