Dr. Lee is interested in the relаtiоnship between sоciаl mediа use and self-esteem amоng adolescents. She recruits 210 high school students and asks them to report their average daily social media use (in hours), their number of close friends, and their level of loneliness. She then uses a multivariate regression model with self-esteem as the dependent variable. Results (DV = Self-Esteem) Variable Beta (β) Significance (p) Social media use –.45 .02 Number of close friends .51 .01 Loneliness –.67 .001 Which of the following conclusions is best supported by Dr. Lee’s results?a. Adolescents who spend more hours on social media report higher self-esteem, even after controlling for close friends and loneliness.b. Adolescents with more close friends report higher self-esteem, even after controlling for social media use and loneliness.c. Loneliness is not significantly related to self-esteem once the other predictors are controlled.d. Social media use is unrelated to self-esteem after accounting for close friends and loneliness.Correct Answer: b. Adolescents with more close friends report higher self-esteem, even after controlling for social media use and loneliness.
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