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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of study variables

From: The fear in desire: linking desire thinking and fear of missing out in the social media context

 

Descriptive statistics

Correlations

M (SD)

Range

Independent t-testa

DTQ-IP

DTQ-VP

FoMO

CEQ

ACSID-11

DTQ

16.05 (4.77)

10–30

p = .309

.901***

.917***

.568***

.824***

.627***

DTQ-IP

7.98 (2.51)

5–15

p = .092

–

.654***

.451***

.716***

.551***

DTQ-VP

8.06 (2.73)

5–17

p = .820

 

–

.578***

.781***

.589***

FoMO

2.24 (0.79)

1.00–4.29

p = .206

  

–

.692***

.518***

CEQ

2.15 (1.60)

0.00–6.89

p = .243

   

–

.705***

ACSID-11

0.75 (0.54)

0.00–2.27

p = .723

    

–

  1. N = 193; DTQ desire thinking questionnaire, IP imaginal prefiguration subscale of DTQ, VP verbal perseveration subscale of DTQ, FoMO fear of missing out scale, CEQ craving experience questionnaire, ACSID-11 assessment of criteria for specific internet-use disorders
  2. aIndependent t-tests were calculated for the questionnaires between conditions prior to an experimental manipulation (first part of the study, not reported) indicating that study variables were not influenced by the manipulation; ***p < .001
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BMC Psychology

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