Table 2 Spearman correlations between the study variables.

From: Effects of problematic social media use on depressive symptoms

Variable

PSMU

SMF

SMU

CESD (T1)

CESD (T2)

Age

PSMU

      

SMF

0.19***

     

SMU

0.24***

0.35***

    

CESD (T1)

0.23***

0.17***

0.31***

   

CESD (T2)

0.23***

0.13***

0.23***

0.56***

  

Age

0.07**

0.10***

0.17***

0.10***

0.09***

 
  1. Note. Spearman correlation coefficients shown in lower triangle only. *p <.05; **p <.01; ***p <.001. N = 1959 cases with complete data.