Table 1.

Zero-order correlations between variables in Study 1.

		State EI	Emotional loneliness	Social loneliness	MIL	Descriptive
1	SM use	−.205***	.104†	−.113†	.022	5.01 (1.82)
2	State EI	1	.105†	.249***	−.330***	3.46 (1.16)
3	Emotional loneliness		1	.273***	−.393***	.35 (.40)
4	Social loneliness			1	−.414***	.45 (.41)
5	MIL				1	4.99 (1.46)

Notes. † p < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001. EI = existential isolation; MIL = meaning in life. Means are presented in the descriptive column with standard deviations in parentheses.