Table 3.

The distribution of the adolescents’ emotional eating, social appearance anxiety and social media addiction scores, and their descriptive characteristics

Descriptive Characteristics	SAAS		SMAS		EES-C
	Mean ± sd	Test/p	Mean ± sd	Test/p	Mean ± sd	Test/p
Gender
Girl	38.23 ± 15.94	Z = −5.612 P < 0.001	3.23 ± 2.45	Z = -6.702 P < 0.001	52.95 ± 19.66	Z = -1.816 P = 0.069
Boy	33.37 ± 14.13		2.31 ± 2.12		54.56 ± 19.48
Perceived income
Low	40.55 ± 16.44a	KW = 25.791 p < 0.001	3.36 ± 2.57a	KW = 12.554 p = 0.002	53.42 ± 21.2	KW = 1.887 p = 0.389
Normal	35.59 ± 15.02b		2.82 ± 2.32b		53.88 ± 19.22
High	34.48 ± 15.13b		2.58 ± 2.23b		52.28 ± 18.87
Shares made
Selfie	35.48 ± 15.85ab	KW = 19.477 p < 0.001	2.82 ± 2.48	KW = 2.916 P = 0.405	52.40 ± 18.46	KW = 3.860 p = 0.277
Video	38.1 ± 14.91ab		2.85 ± 2.29		50.93 ± 19.72
Own photo	34.72 ± 14.79a		2.81 ± 2.3		53.88 ± 19.27
Posts of others	38.48 ± 16.01b		3.04 ± 2.43		54.26 ± 20.38
Most used social media platforms
Facebook	27.96 ± 11.42a	KW = 26.612 p < 0.001	1.81 ± 1.75a	KW = 27.548 p < 0.001	57.54 ± 17.36	KW = 6.245 p = 0.182
İnstagram	36.76 ± 15.73bc		2.9 ± 2.34a		53.5 ± 19.6
Twitter	36.15 ± 15.31bc		3.03 ± 2.67ab		55.65 ± 20.7
Snapchat	33.35 ± 13.59ac		2.3 ± 2.14a		50.71 ± 18.07
Tik-Tok	40.21 ± 15.28b		3.71 ± 2.54b		53.94 ± 20.6
Actively following Influencers
Yes	38.54 ± 16.49	Z = -4.504	3.34 ± 2.41	Z = -7.401	53.7 ± 20.06	Z = −0.208
No	34.25 ± 14.01	p < 0.001	2.42 ± 2.24	p < 0.001	53.36 ± 19.1	p = 0.836
Number of influencers followed
None	33.92 ± 14.36a	KW = 28.774 p < 0.001	2.3 ± 2.29a	KW = 65.041 p < 0.001	53.52 ± 19.64	KW = 1.439 p = 0.837
1	35.29 ± 15.44ab		2.58 ± 2.3ab		52.82 ± 18.89
2	36.1 ± 15.5abc		3.1 ± 2.3bc		51.69 ± 17.04
3	37.41 ± 14.45bc		3.06 ± 2.2bc		53.7 ± 17.95
>4	39.75 ± 16.6c		3.51 ± 2.43c		55.0 ± 21.98
Influencer posts/Interests
Makeup, personal care	39.0 ± 16.11a	KW = 23.688 p < 0.001	3.7 ± 2.5a	KW = 52.429 p < 0.001	52.09 ± 19.18a	KW = 10.656 p = 0.031
Exercise	32.56 ± 13.84b		2.21 ± 2.37b		54.45 ± 21.61ab
Nutrition and diet	40.7 ± 17.96a		2.9 ± 2.23ab		61.86 ± 25.21b
Funny posts	36.0 ± 14.67ab		2.73 ± 2.31b		52.67 ± 18.49a
Digital game	34.94 ± 15.74b		2.61 ± 2.2b		54.04 ± 19.08ab
Accepting that they are influenced by socia media influencers
Yes	42.54 ± 16.84	Z = -9.559	3.91 ± 2.36	Z = -1.125	54.42 ± 20.74	Z = −0.482
No	33.58 ± 13.9	p < 0.001	2.41 ± 2.22	p < 0.001	53.11 ± 19.03	p = 0.630

KW = Kruskal Wallis H Test value, Z = Mann Whitney U Test value