Table 1 Sample descriptives (N = 3,998).

	n	Percent (%)
Gender
Men	1981	49.5
Women	2017	50.5
Age
18–25	756	18.9
26–34	746	18.7
35–49	1239	31
50–70	1257	31.4
Religiosity
Secular	1742	43.6
Traditional	1264	31.6
Religious	486	12.2
Ultra-Orthodox	506	12.7
Residence Area
Jerusalem Area	416	10.4
Tel Aviv/Center area	2028	50.7
Haifa/North	828	20.7
South	570	14.3
Yehuda & Shomron	156	3.9
Post-traumatic stress disorder^a	1004	25.1
Hate speech on social media networks^b	1569	39.2
Difficulties in emotion regulation^c	36.3 (mean)	29.9 (SD)
Problematic technological behaviors
Internet^d	332	8.3
Smartphone^e	1129	28.2
Social media^f	319	8
Exposure to October 7th attacks^g
Self	1560	39
Family	1084	27.1
Someone respondent knew	2203	55.1
Ongoing war exposure
Direct^h	2487	62.2
Indirectⁱ	1820	45.5
Self-perceived mental health problems prior to October 7th
Mood, anxiety, stress problems^j	2043	51.1
Substance use problems^k	813	20.3
Addictive behavior problems^l	2081	52.1

a score of ≥ 33 on the Post-traumatic stress disorder DSM-5 version Checklist (PCL-5)³⁵.
b at least weekly.
c Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale³⁶.
d score of ≥ 50 or more on the Internet Addiction Test⁴².
e score of ≥ 31 (men) or ≥ 33 (women) on the Smartphone Addiction Scale-short version (SAS-SV)³⁹.
f often or very often for more than half of items from the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale³⁷.
g responded yes to at least one experience to that person.
h Heard sirens or explosions, at least weekly.
i Read or viewed uncensored war materials, at least weekly.
j any of: depression, anxiety, PTSD, other mood disoder.
k any of: alcohol, cannabis, prescription sedatives, stimulants, opioid painkillers, other illicit drugs.
l any of: pornography, compulsive sexual behavior, electronic gaming, gambling, social media, smartphone, internet.

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