Table 4 Distribution of N = 1 effect sizes among socially rich and socially poor adolescents.

From: Some socially poor but also some socially rich adolescents feel closer to their friends after using social media

Effect size patterns

All participants

Socially rich participants

Socially poor participants

Short-Term

Longer-Term

↑ FS n = 69

↓ LON n = 85

↓ FS n = 160

↑ LON n = 69

n

%

%

%

%

%

Getting richer

 

63

17

12

12

24

28

 

Getting Richer

15

4

1

5

4

6

 

No Change

30

8

9

5

9

10

 

Getting Poorer

18

5

1

2

12

12

Getting poorer

 

157

42

46

51

39

43

 

Getting Poorer

29

8

4

10

7

7

 

No Change

89

24

30

30

17

25

 

Getting Richer

39

10

12

11

14

10

No effect

 

153

41

42

37

37

29

 

No Change

82

22

22

20

20

13

 

Getting Richer

40

11

12

10

10

7

 

Getting Poorer

31

8

9

7

7

9

Total

 

373

100

100

100

100

100

  1. ↑FS = high on friendship support; ↓ LON = low on loneliness; ↓ FS = low on friendship support; ↑ LON = high on loneliness. Effects were considered as negative/positive based on the cut-off points β ≤ − .05 and β ≥ .05. Subgroups of socially rich and poor adolescents were created based on the Mean + /1 SD, with the exception of low loneliness for which we used the absolute minimum of 1.