Table 3.
Zero-order correlations between variables in Study 2.
| Active SM | Passive SM | State EI | Emo. Lone | Social Lone | Descriptive | α | Skew; kurtosis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active SM | 1 | 4.59 (1.83) | –– | −.47, −.83 | ||||
| Passive SM | .476*** | 1 | 5.00 (1.64) | –– | −.70, −.15 | |||
| State EI | −.179*** | −.115*** | 1 | 3.46 (.98) | .76 | .60, .93 | ||
| Emo. Lone | .238*** | .194*** | .150*** | 1 | .46 (.41) | .61 | .13, −1.53 | |
| Social Lone | −.106*** | −.057† | .290*** | .203*** | 1 | .45 (.39) | .71 | .18, −.147 |
| MIL | .083** | .011 | −.321*** | −.334*** | −.357*** | 5.00 (1.27) | .83 | −.83, .85 |
† p < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001. EI = existential isolation; MIL = meaning in life; SM = social media use; Emo. Lone = emotional loneliness5; Social Lone = social loneliness. Means are presented in the descriptive column with standard deviations in parentheses.