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Table 3 Mean scores on the administered questionnaires for boys and girls, and results of the Mann-Whitney U test considering sex as the independent variable

From: Emotion dysregulation and psychopathological symptoms in non-clinical adolescents: The mediating role of boredom and social media use

 

Girls (n = 466)

Boys (n = 250)

Sex differences

 

Mean

SD

SE

Mean

SD

SE

U

Rank biserial correlation

Comparison

DERS

61.6

15.9

0.74

49.3

14.9

0.94

34,499

0.41

F > M*

MSBS

106.8

25.1

1.17

84.4

26.4

1.67

30,995

0.47

F > M*

SMDS

5.71

2.43

0.11

4.62

2.7

0.17

44,477

0.24

F > M*

SDQ - IP

8.71

3.58

0.17

4.93

3.31

0.21

25,631

0.56

F > M*

SDQ - EP

8.05

3.46

0.16

7.1

3.39

0.21

48,919

0.16

F > M*

  1. Note. DERS = Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (score obtained by summing the single scores on the Strategies, Impulse, and Goals scales), MSBS = Multidimensional State Boredom Scale, SMDS = Social Media Disorder Scale, SDQ = Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, IP = Internalizing Problems scale, EP = Externalizing Problems scale
  2. * p < 0.001
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

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