We first explored for main and interactive effects of gender and age on the primary study variables, and correlations between observed variables are presented in Table 1.Overall,FoMO was negatively related to age, r=.37,p<.001,and correlations showed males tended to report higher levels of FoMO, r=.05,p=.01.These relations were qualified by a significant interaction effect (age X gender), t (2075)=2.12, p=.03.Simple slopes analyses indicated that the gender difference observed in levels of FoMO was inevidence only for younger participants, that is, for those aged 1SDbelow the mean of the sample, t(2075)=3.33,p<.001.Inother words, younger participants, and younger men in particular, tended to report the highest levels of FoMO. There was noevidence for gender differences in FoMO among older people. Further correlations showed older participants tended to be less engaged with social media, r=.31,p<.001,reported higher levels of need satisfaction, r=.11,p<.001, and marginally higher levels of overall life satisfaction ,r=.05,p=.05.Accordingly,westatistically controlled for variability in participant age and gender when evaluating our primary research questions.
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