The relationship between social media addiction and depression: a quantitative study among university students in Khost, Afghanistan

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics

	Mean	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis	Cronbach’ Alpha
Social media Addiction	38.7	17.2	.72	.731	.897
Depression	22.55	13.37	.246	−.49	.918

Table 2. Correlations between variables

	Social Media Addiction	Depression
Social media Addiction	1	.426**
Depression	.426**	1

Note: N = 329

** p < 0.000

Table 3. Summary of Factor analysis between the two variables

KMO and Bartlett’s Test
	KMO	Approx. Chi-Square	Df	Sig
Social media addiction	.914	2166.014	190	0.000
Depression	.938	2572.237	190	0.000

Table 4. Regression analysis summary for predicting social media addiction

Variable	B	95% CI	β	t	p
(Constant)	9.743	[6.50, 12.985]		5.912	.000
Depression	.331	[.254, .407]	.426	8.503	.000

Note. R2 adjusted = 0.179

CI = confidence interval for B