Making the Good Better? Investigating the Long-Term Associations Between Capitalization on Social Media and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction

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Table 1. Zero-order correlations for study variables.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1. Life satisfaction W1	1	.53***	.45***	−.01	−.06	−.05	.46***	−.11***	−.12***	−.06	.22***	−.07*	−.07	−.03
2. Life satisfaction W2		1	.61***	−.02	.03	−.10	.46***	−.10**	−.08	−.08	.20***	−.03	−.04	−.08
3. Life satisfaction W3			1	−.08	−.04	−.12*	.37***	−.01	−.10*	−.04	.26***	−.08	−.09	−.07
4. Capitalization W1				1	.47***	.40***	.06	.02	.13***	.07*	.01	.30***	.27***	.26***
5. Capitalization W2					1	.54***	.02	.15***	.17***	.10*	.03	.32***	.27***	.29***
6. Capitalization W3						1	.00	.12*	.19***	.16***	.02	.28***	.34***	.24***
7. Optimism (baseline)							1	−.11***	−.13***	−.06	.24***	−.04	−.07	−.02
8. Age (baseline)								1	−.02	.31***	−.12***	.13***	.15***	.01
9. Sex (baseline)									1	−.14***	−.03	.18***	.14**	.14*
10. Educational level (baseline)										1	−.07*	.16***	.14**	.19***
11. Socioeconomic status (baseline)											1	.05	.03	.05
12. General social media use W1												1	.70***	.68***
13. General social media use W2													1	.74***
14. General social media use W3														1

Note. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.

Table 2. Coefficients for the hypothesized RI-CLPM model.

	Unstandardized coefficients (B)	Standardized coefficients (β)	Confidence interval (of β)	S.E.
Within-personal level
Life satisfaction W1 ➔ Life satisfaction W2	.15	.21*	[.05; .37]	.10
Capitalization W1 ➔ Life satisfaction W2	.13	.13	[−.04;.29]	.10
Life satisfaction W2 ➔ Life satisfaction W3	.12	.13	[−.17; .43]	.18
Capitalization W2 ➔ Life satisfaction W3	.11	.12	[−.12; .36]	.15
Capitalization W1 ➔ Capitalization W2	.12	.13	[−.14; .40]	.16
Life Satisfaction W1 ➔ Capitalization W2	−.02	−.03	[−.21; .15]	.11
Capitalization W2 ➔ Capitalization W3	.27	.22	[.01; .44]	.13
Life Satisfaction W2 ➔ Capitalization W3	−.03	−.03	[−.21; .15]	.11
Between-person level
Life Satisfaction WITH Capitalization	−.14	−.24	[−.46; −.03]	.13

Note. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.

Data availability statement

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