The impact of Facebook use on self-reported eating disorders during the COVID-19 lockdown

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Means, standard deviation and correlations between variables

	M	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. T0 - Fear of COVID-19	14.79	5.92	.982	.787
2. T0 - Daily Time on Facebook	3.39	1.99	.562	−.145	.325**
3. T0 - Maladaptive Facebook Use (MFU)	6.55	3.94	.966	−.167	.267**	.322**
4. T0 - Passive use - social connection (APUF)	23.87	3.90	−.964	.112	.155	.359**	.153
5. T0 - Passive use - social comparison (APUF)	8.99	4.34	.671	−.140	.108	.168	.399**	.412**
6. T0 - Shape Concern (EDE-Q)	3.76	1.98	−.450	−1.211	.228*	.080	.295**	.053	.169
7. T0 - Weight Concern (EDE-Q)	3.22	1.99	−.168	−1.358	.221*	.085	.317**	.036	.175	.953**
8. T1 - Shape Concern (EDE-Q)	4.13	1.99	−.355	−1.276	.246**	.181	.425**	.070	.245**	.951**	.924**
9. T1 - Weight Concern (EDE-Q)	3.72	1.93	−.088	−1.238	.205*	.165	.405**	.029	.258**	.890**	.914**	.960**

Note: T0 = total Italian lockdown - from March 15, 2020 to April 11, 2020; T1 = following period of time in which, even if the mass quarantine was lifted, a large number of preventive and protective measures were adopted - from June 5, 2020 to June 16, 2020; Daily time on Facebook = hours of daily use of Facebook; MFU = Maladaptive Facebook Use; APUF = Active and Passive Facebook Use Scale; EDE-Q = Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire. * p < .05, ** p < .01

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