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Table 3 Social media self-perceived consequences with respect to hospitalized, community and total samples

From: A rise in social media use in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: the French validation of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale in a Canadian cohort

Ā 

Hospitalized

Community

Total sample

Ā 

Variable

Absolute

%

Absolute

%

Absolute

%

BSMAS

At what point social mediaā€¦

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

r a

ā€¦Is a problem according to your friends or lover?

2.18

1.69

2.01

1.82

2.07

1.77

0.47*

ā€¦is a problem according to you?

3.22

2.38

2.86

2.12

2.98

2.21

0.62*

ā€¦harm your relationships capacities?

2.84

2.40

1.88

1.66

2.20

1.98

0.48*

ā€¦harm your work or your studies?

3.88

2.66

3.30

2.53

3.49

2.58

0.62*

ā€¦led you to psychological problems?

3.90

2.87

2.54

2.27

2.99

2.56

0.60*

ā€¦led you harm yourself?

2.44

2.53

1.70

1.79

1.95

2.09

0.42*

ā€¦led you to make temper tantrum?

3.08

2.69

2.24

2.18

2.52

2.39

0.51*

  1. Scores on a scale ranging from 1 (never) to 10 (always)
  2. aSpearmanā€™s Rho correlation coefficients with Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) scores. *pā€‰<ā€‰0.01
  3. SD: Standard deviation