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. 2022 Nov 30;19(23):16063. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192316063

Table 8.

Multivariable analysis of the Westerner subset.

Model 1: Linear Regression Taking the Intolerance Subscale as the Dependent Variable.
Unstandardized Beta Standardized Beta p-Value Confidence Interval
Lower Bound Upper Bound
Age 30 years and above compared to 18–29 years 0.380 0.248 <0.001 0.263 0.496
Males Compared to females 0.464 0.273 <0.001 0.339 0.589
Hours of social media use 0.322 0.282 <0.001 0.232 0.411
Knowledge of online support groups (no vs. yes) 0.254 0.199 <0.001 0.123 0.385
Using LinkedIn compared to not using LinkedIn 0.198 0.050 0.003 0.067 0.329
Using Reddit compared to not using Reddit −0.432 −0.090 <0.001 −0.583 −0.281
Variables entered: gender, age, hours of social media use, knowledge of online support groups, and the use of LinkedIn, and Reddit.
Model 2: Linear Regression Taking the Acceptance Subscale as the Dependent Variable.
Unstandardized Beta Standardized Beta p -Value Confidence interval
Lower Bound Upper Bound
Age 30 years and above compared to 18–29 years 0.194 0.071 0.001 0.080 0.307
Males Compared to females 0.321 0.106 <0.001 0.200 0.442
Hours of social media use 0.347 0.171 <0.001 0.259 0.435
Knowledge of online support groups (yes vs. no) 0.769 0.338 <0.001 0.625 0.913
Familiarity with people with mental illness (yes vs. no) 0.761 0.318 <0.001 0.634 0.887
Using Reddit compared to not using Reddit 0.147 0.017 0.049 0.001 0.293
Variables entered: gender, age, hours of social media use, knowledge of online support groups, familiarity with people who have a mental illness, and the use of Reddit.
Model 3: Linear Regression Taking the Digital Care Sentiment Subscale as the Dependent Variable.
Unstandardized Beta Standardized Beta p -Value Confidence interval
Lower Bound Upper Bound
Males Compared to females 0.123 0.055 0.032 0.011 0.235
Hours of social media use 0.349 0.233 <0.001 0.268 0.431
Knowledge of online support groups (yes vs. no) 0.695 0.415 <0.001 0.586 0.803
Active on Facebook communities compared to inactivity on Facebook communities 0.103 0.019 0.094 −0.017 0.224
Intolerance scores 0.382 0.291 <0.001 0.309 0.454
Variables entered: gender, hours of social media use, knowledge of online support groups, being active on Facebook communities, and intolerance score.