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. 2022 Nov 7:1–21. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03893-3

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and zero-order correlations

M SD Zero-order correlations
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1. Ex—A (W1) 3.80 .95 .55** .49** .61** .41** .40** .17** .14** .20** .19** .24** .26** .23** .23** .26** .19** .18** -.02 .05 .32**
2. Ex—A (W2) 3.87 .95 - .54** .43** .63** .41** .15** .18** .15** .25** .30** .23** .31** .31** .28** .21** .22** -.01 .02 .30**
3. Ex—A (W3) 3.96 .92 - .40** .41** .63** .11* .17** .19** .18** .28** .27** .25** .31** .31** .18** .20** .00 .03 .39**
4. Ex – PL (W1) 3.60 .68 - .52** .54** .22** .15** .19** .23** .27** .25** .23** .21** .27** .22** .19** .01 -.05 .24**
5. Ex – PL (W2) 3.66 .73 - .60** .17** .19** .20** .20** .29** .17** .26** .28** .23** .25** .25** .01 .03 .24**
6. Ex – PL (W3) 3.68 .72 - .14** .15** .13** .20** .25** .19** .19** .22** .21** .20** .18** -.05 .07 .33**
7. Envy (W1) 2.84 1.52 - .62** .57** .23** .15** .06 .58** .55** .41** .16** .37** -.04 -.07 .27**
8. Envy (W2) 2.83 1.56 - .62** .17** .22** .08 .51** .60** .51** .13** .31** -.11** -.03 .26**
9. Envy (W3) 2.97 1.56 - .22** .18** .15** .52** .59** .65** .12** .29** -.19** .06 .32**
10. Insp (W1) 3.01 .96 - .48** .46** .25** .24** .26** .14** .18** .11** -.05 .20**
11. Insp (W2) 3.05 .96 - .49** .26** .27** .24** .16*** .19** .09* -.00 .22**
12. Insp (W3) 3.19 .90 - .17** .18** .25** .19** .16** .03 -.01 .28**
13. SC (W1) 3.50 1.90 - .63** .56** .20** .35** -.04 .06 .34**
14. SC (W2) 3.47 1.92 - .59** .21** .34** -.04 .01 .35**
15. SC (W3) 3.69 1.98 - .12** .30** -.13** .02 .35**
16. CSML – P (W1) 5.04 .95 - .52** .17** .14** .20**
17. CSML – E (W1) 4.83 1.09 - .11** .09** .27**
18. ASML (W1) 3.35 .89 - -.01 .06
19. age (W1) 14.55 1.65 - .02
20. gender (W1) - - -

** p < .01; * p < .05. The dichotomous variable gender is coded as follows: boy = 1, girl = 2. W1 = Wave 1, W2 = Wave 2, W3 = Wave 3. Ex—A = exposure to attractive appearances, Ex – PL = exposure to perfect lives, Insp = social media-induced inspiration, SC = social comparison, CSML – P = cognitive social media literacy, knowledge on the presence, CSML – E = cognitive social media literacy, knowledge on the effects, ASML = affective social media literacy