Serial measurement of mood via text messaging in young people

Table 3 The association between SMS Mood score and SMFQ, YSR/AD and YSR/WD

	Model 1: dependent variable SMFQ			Model 2: dependent variable YSR/AD			Model 3: dependent variable YSR/WD
	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p
Whole sample	− 0.35	− 0.63 to − 0.08	0.01	− 0.71	− 1.71 to.29	0.17	− 1.21	− 2.13 to − 0.29	0.01
Females	− 1.17	− 1.56 to − 0.77	< 0.001	− 2.28	− 3.51 to − 1.04	< 0.001	− 1.63	− 2.73 to − 0.52	0.004
Males	− 0.35	− 0.59 to − 0.12	0.003	− 0.72	− 1.70 to 0.26	0.15	− 1.21	− 2.13 to − 0.29	0.01

Parameter estimates are standardised beta coefficients, with 95% confidence intervals. Each model had SMS Mood score as a covariate, adjusted for gender and time. For the whole sample only, the model also included an interaction term (gender × SMS Mood score)
SMS Mood short messaging service mood measure, SMFQ Short Moods and Feelings Questionnaire, YSR/AD youth self report anxious depressed scale, YSR/WD youth self report withdrawn depressed scale

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