Table 2 The descriptive statistics and correlation matrix for each variable

1.Gender

2.Daily cell phone use

6.49 (2.71)

1

3.Phubbing

2.49 (0.58)

0.33^**

1

4.MSM-related FoMO

3.24 (0.60)

0.24^**

0.64^**

1

5.Social exclusion

2.74 (0.52)

0.08

0.24^**

0.12^**

1

6.Depressive symptoms

1.63 (0.58)

0.17^*

0.44^**

0.35^**

0.26^**

1

Note: Gender is a dummy variable (0 = male, 1 = female), ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001.