Table 2.
Gender differences in adolescents’ sociodemographic backgrounds, gender ideologies, and purposes of social media use.
| Variable | Girls (n = 182) | Boys (n = 127) | F/χ2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Sociodemographics | |||||
| Age | 15.62 | 0.99 | 15.93 | 0.97 | 7.46** |
| Mother/Parent1 Educ | 6.13 | 2.25 | 6.50 | 2.13 | 2.10 |
| Father/Parent2 Educ | 5.90 | 2.28 | 6.40 | 2.33 | 3.46 |
| Religiosity | 2.22 | 1.09 | 2.10 | 1.06 | 1.10 |
| Gender ideologies | |||||
| Femininity | 2.13 | 0.63 | 1.97 | 0.66 | 4.57* |
| Masculinity | 1.61 | 0.42 | 1.61 | 0.48 | 0.001 |
| Social media purposes | |||||
| Activity bonding | 3.18 | 0.76 | 3.50 | 0.87 | 11.33*** |
| Emotion bonding | 2.99 | 1.08 | 2.54 | 0.98 | 13.60*** |
| Social compensation | 2.54 | 0.98 | 2.30 | 0.97 | 4.85* |
| Appearance Valid | 2.02 | 0.98 | 1.51 | 0.76 | 23.27*** |
| Bullying | 37% Never 63% Yes | 38% Never 62% Yes | 0.03 | ||
Parent Education 1–10 scale; Religiosity 1–5 scale; Gender Ideologies 1–4 scale; Social Media Purposes 1–5 scale, Bullying transformed to dichotomous variable.
*p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. ***p < 0.001.