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Table 3 The relationship between internalizing symptoms and digital activities (social media use and playing games). Ordinary least square regression

From: Does gender matter? The association between different digital media activities and adolescent well-being

 

Model 1

 

Model 2

 

B

Beta

p-value

B

Beta

p-value

Social media use

.191

.135

<.001

.288

.204

<.001

Social media use2

.032

.088

<.001

.027

.075

<.001

Playing games

.320

.096

<.001

.294

.088

.002

Playing games2

.143

.060

.001

.139

.058

.003

Boy

−2.389

−.278

<.001

−2.343

−.270

<.001

Social media use × Boy

   

−.191

−.098

<.001

Playing games × Boy

   

.072

.013

.521

Controls a

Yes

  

Yes

  

 R2

.129

  

.133

  

 N

3957

  

3957

  
  1. Note: B = unstandardized coefficient; Beta = standardized coefficient. The p-values are calculated using robust standard errors. a Control variables included in the models are country of birth, year of study measured as three dummies, gender × year of study, and the different schools are included as 17 dummies