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Table 2 Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlations between problematic social media use, problematic gaming, academic exhaustion, hope, and two kinds of mattering

From: The relationship between specific problematic internet use and hope: academic exhaustion as mediator and mattering as moderator among Chinese university students

 

M (SD)

1

2

3

4

5

6

1. Problematic social media use (range: 6–30)

14.75 (4.35)

1.00

     

2. Problematic gaming (range: 9–45)

16.29 (6.50)

0.44**

1.00

    

3. Academic exhaustion (range: 0–20)

11.04 (4.49)

0.36**

0.36**

1.00

   

4. Hope (range: 8–32)

22.97 (4.53)

-0.17**

-0.23**

-0.30**

1.00

  

5. General mattering (range: 5–20)

13.11 (3.01)

-0.04*

-0.16**

-0.23**

0.37**

1.00

 

6. Fear of not mattering (range 0–15)

3.99 (3.15)

0.37**

0.30**

0.37**

-0.25**

-0.05*

1.00

  1. Notes: **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05