Table 6.

Comparison of path factors for different group models.

Variable			Group
			Age		Gender
			39–	40+	Female	Male
Depression	Independent variable	Traditional media	0.093	−0.017	0.054	0.012
		Social media	0.202***	0.134**	0.196***	0.112*
	Covariates	Gender	−0.079	0.025	–	–
		Age	−0.027	0.141***	0.148***	−0.017
		Edu	0.087	−0.075	0.019	−0.114*
		Inc	0.013	0.067	0.068	−0.027
		Marri	−0.089	0.081*	0.036	−0.128*
		SRH	0.147***	0.371***	0.263***	0.243***
		N_P_L	0.030	0.020	−0.013	0.050
		YEAR_RE	0.003	0.081*	0.051	0.020
Anxiety	Independent variable	Traditional media	−0.018	−0.024	−0.028	−0.018
		Social media	0.200***	0.060	0.129***	0.118*
	Covariates	Gender	0.000	0.001	–	–
		Age	0.064	0.015	0.030	0.043
		Edu	0.039	0.117**	0.103**	0.072
		Inc	−0.090*	0.024	−0.017	−0.048
		Marri	−0.150***	−0.141***	−0.105**	−0.217***
		SRH	0308***	0.184***	0.211***	0.270***
		N_PLT	−0.059	−0.138 ***	−0.048	−0.163***
		YEAR-RE	−0.095*	0.075*	0.005	−0.013

This table shows the effects of social media on depression and anxiety based on different age and gender samples, as in Table 3, with traditional media and other Covariates added to the model, while the data in the anxiety scale were reversed. In the table, all positive values are expressed as beneficial effects on a person's mental health, and all negative values are expressed as adverse effects on a person's mental health.

^***Represents significant at the 1% level.

^**Represents significant at the 5% level.

^*Represents significant at the 10% level.