Table 3 Independent Samples T-Tests/Mann-Whitney U tests investigating gender effects in the realm of the variables presented

TikTokUD

Student's t

-3.25^a

376

0.001

Cohen's d

-0.356

Welch's t

-3.61

321

< .001

Cohen's d

-0.374

Mann-Whitney U

12904

0.003

Rank biserial correlation

0.181

TikTokUD_Factor1

Student's t

-3.35^a

376

< .001

Cohen's d

-0.367

Welch's t

-3.65

307

< .001

Cohen's d

-0.382

Mann-Whitney U

12638

0.001

Rank biserial correlation

0.197

TikTokUD_Factor2

Student's t

-2.10^a

376

0.036

Cohen's d

-0.231

Welch's t

-2.31

311

0.022

Cohen's d

-0.241

Mann-Whitney U

14031

0.022

Rank biserial correlation

0.109

PHQ-8

Student's t

-2.71

376

0.007

Cohen's d

-0.297

Welch's t

-2.71

244

0.007

Cohen's d

-0.297

Mann-Whitney U

12968

0.005

Rank biserial correlation

0.177

BFI_Extraversion

Student's t

-2.04^a

376

0.042

Cohen's d

-0.223

Welch's t

-2.13

275

0.034

Cohen's d

-0.228

Mann-Whitney U

13778

0.046

Rank biserial correlation

0.125

BFI_Neuroticism

Student's t

-5.78

376

< .001

Cohen's d

-0.634

Welch's t

-5.76

242

< .001

Cohen's d

-0.633

Mann-Whitney U

10407

< .001

Rank biserial correlation

0.339

BFI_Openness

Student's t

-2.44

376

0.015

Cohen's d

-0.268

Welch's t

-2.45

245

0.015

Cohen's d

-0.268

Mann-Whitney U

13059

0.006

Rank biserial correlation

0.171

BFI_Conscientiousness

Student's t

-2.18^a

376

0.030

Cohen's d

-0.239

Welch's t

-2.24

262

0.026

Cohen's d

-0.242

Mann-Whitney U

13858

0.054

Rank biserial correlation

0.120

BFI_Agreeableness

Student's t

-2.59

376

0.010

Cohen's d

-0.284

Welch's t

-2.62

252

0.009

Cohen's d

-0.286

Mann-Whitney U

13232

0.010

Rank biserial correlation

0.160

Age

Student's t

5.20

376

< .001

Cohen's d

0.569

Welch's t

4.96

218

< .001

Cohen's d

0.556

Mann-Whitney U

10884

< .001

Rank biserial correlation

0.309