Table 1 Participant Characteristics and Social Media Use Measures.

From: Naturalistic fNIRS assessment reveals decline in executive function and altered prefrontal activation following social media use in college students

Measure

Social Media (N = 10)

Control (N = 10)

Total Sample (N = 20)

p-value

Age, mean (SD)

21.75 (1.23)

21.81 (1.11)

21.78 (1.15)

p = 0.77

Sex, female, n (%)

5 (50%)

6 (60%)

11 (55%)

p = 0.90

Race

Asian

0 (0%)

2 (20%)

2 (10%)

 

Black/African American

3 (30%)

3 (30%)

6 (30%)

 

White

7 (70%)

5 (50%)

12 (60%)

 

Ethnicity, Latino/Hispanic

5 (50%)

5 (50%)

10 (50%)

p = 1.0

Time spent on Instagram (hrs/week), mean (SD)

7.8 (5.2)

2.2 (1.3)

4.99 (4.4)

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SMAS sum score, mean (SD)

102.4 (15.6)

83.1 (17.2)

92.65 (20.2)

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Participants classified as addicted, n (%)

8 (80%)

3 (30%)

11 (55%)

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