Measuring the Impact of Social Media on Young People’s Mental Health: Development and Validation of the Social Media-Induced Tendency Scale

Table 6

Means (SD) SMIDT scores by the gender.

Scales	Total	Male	Female
Total	41.65 (8.44)	41.01 (8.68)	42.16 (8.22)	-1.63	.10
F1	13.05 (4.02)	13.24 (4.15)	12.90 (3.91)	1.01	.31
F2	18.14 (3.36)	17.64 (3.16)	18.55 (3.47)	-3.31	<.01
F3	10.45 (3.23)	10.13 (3.16)	10.71 (3.26)	-2.19	.03

Note: F1 = sensitivity/attention seeking; F2 = worthlessness; F3 = escapism/reality avoidance.