Social media use disorder and loneliness: any association between the two? Results of a cross-sectional study among Lebanese adults

Table 3 Bivariate analysis of continuous variables associated with loneliness

	Loneliness	Alexithymia	Depression	Perceived stress	Anxiety	Age	Number of kids	Problematic social media use	Insomnia
Loneliness	1
Alexithymia	0.221^a	1
Depression	0.247^a	0.225^a	1
Perceived stress	0.237^a	0.280^a	0.282^a	1
Anxiety	0.163^b	0.271^a	0.499^a	0.343^a	1
Age	−0.021	−0.199^a	−0.002	−0.011	− 0.08	1
Number of kids	−0.054	−0.114^c	0.04	0.007	0.002	0.706^a	1
Problematic social media use	0.170^a	0.349^a	0.129^b	0.092	0.178^a	−0.307^a	−0.181^a	1
Insomnia (LIS scale)	0.192^a	0.139^b	0.442^a	0.270^a	0.491^a	0.048	0.028	0.091	1

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