Table 3.

DFSA construct validity and correlations with demographic statistics (study 2).

	Connectedness		Civil participation		Positive social comparison		Authentic self-presentation		Self-control
	N	r	N	r	N	r	N	r	N	r
Authenticity of posted positive content							854	0.51***
Secure attachment with a close friend	922	0.10**
Gender (girls is ref.category)	912	−0.04	730	0.16***	888	.04	831	0.12***	914	−0.04
Age	946	0.02	756	−0.01	921	−0.05	857	0.04	946	−0.04
Age (11–15)	458	0.00	344	−0.06	434	−0.01	412	−0.04	454	−0.03
Age (16–20)	488	0.00	412	0.06	487	0.00	445	0.01	492	0.00
Education track (vocational is ref.cat)	651	0.17***	539	0.19***	637	0.05	595	0.10*	654	−0.02
Education track (vocational)	189	9.08 (2.24)a	167	17.62 (3.31)a	189	12.67 (2.88)a	186	16.63 (3.91)a	189	14.46 (2.79)a
Education track (technical)	279	9.71 (2.34)a	233	18.26 (3.37)a	270	12.99 (3.17)a	255	16.72 (3.99)a	276	14.48 (2.85)a
Education track (general)	183	10.16 (2.58)a	139	19.38 (3.76)a	178	13.10 (3.61)a	154	17.73 (3.88)a	189	14.34 (3.20)a
Education father (high is ref.category)	821	0.03	647	0.07	801	0.05	743	−0.06	822	−0.03
Education father (low)	451	−0.05	365	0.14**	441	0.07	413	0.03	449	0.02
Education father (high)	370	−0.07	283	0.03	360	0.04	330	−0.01	373	−0.02
Education mother (high is ref.category)	877	0.05	694	0.06	854	0.04	794	0.05	876	−0.02
Education mother (low)	328	0.03	263	−0.05	321	−0.05	302	0.01	319	0.00
Education mother (high)	549	−0.02	431	0.02	533	−.03	492	0.05	557	−0.01

Note. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

^a Means instead of correlation.

Low education: secondary and lower; high education: post-secondary.