Table 2.
Multivariate multiple-regression analysis exploring the associations of social networking time use with social connectedness and happiness across gender
| Predictor variables | Dependent variables | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social connectedness | Happiness | |||||||
| Men (n = 132) | Women (n = 288) | Men (n = 132) | Women (n = 288) | |||||
| β (SE) | 95% CI | β (SE) | 95% CI | β (SE) | 95% CI | β (SE) | 95% CI | |
| Age (years) | 0.13 (0.09) | − 0.05; 0.31 | 0.02 (0.06) | − 0.10; 0.13 | 0.22 (0.09)* | 0.05; 0.39 | 0.12 (0.06)* | 0.01; 0.24 |
| SONTUS relaxation and free periods | 0.15 (0.11) | − 0.06; 0.37 | − 0.08 (0.08) | − 0.24; 0.08 | 0.12 (0.10) | − 0.05; 0.34 | − 0.14 (0.08) | − 0.28; 0.01 |
| SONTUS academic-related periods | 0.07 (0.12) | − 0.16; 0.30 | 0.06 (0.08) | − 0.09; 0.21 | 0.09 (0.09) | − 0.10; 0.27 | 0.07 (0.07) | − 0.07; 0.21 |
| SONTUS public places-related use | − 0.07 (0.09) | − 0.24; 0.09 | 0.03 (0.07) | − 0.10; 0.15 | − 0.04 (0.10) | − 0.24; 0.17 | 0.03 (0.06) | − 0.08; 0.15 |
| SONTUS stress-related periods | − 0.19 (0.09)* | − 0.37; − 0.01 | − 0.03 (0.07) | − 0.16; 0.11 | − 0.24 (0.08)** | − 0.41; − 0.08 | − 0.04 (0.07) | − 0.17; 0.10 |
| SONTUS motives for use | − 0.10 (0.11) | − 0.30; 0.11 | 0.07 (0.07) | − 0.08; 0.21 | − 0.27 (0.10)** | − 0.46; − 0.09 | 0.05 (0.07) | − 0.08; 0.17 |
| R2 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.03 | ||||
SONTUS Social Networking Time Use Scale
**p < 0.01; *p < 0.05