Association of Social Media Use with Family Connectedness and Parental Monitoring: A Survey Study of Young Adults in Pakistan

Table 3

Association between connecting with parents using social media, family connectedness, and parental monitoring.

Social media platform	(95% CI); Unadjusted	value	(95% CI); Adjusted^^	value
Connecting with parents using social media and family connectedness
Facebook	0.032 (-0.106, 0.171)	0.64	0.031 (-0.107, 0.17)	0.66
WhatsApp	0.029 (-0.149, 0.207)	0.75	0.026 (-0.153, 0.204)	0.78
Instagram	-0.014 (-0.159, 0.131)	0.85	-0.009 (-0.155, 0.138)	0.91
Snapchat	0.032 (-0.139, 0.202)	0.71	0.052 (-0.122, 0.226)	0.56
Connecting with parents using social media and parental monitoring
Facebook	0.255 (0.115, 0.395)	<.001	0.25 (0.108, 0.387)	<.001
WhatsApp	-0.005 (-0.189, 0.18)	0.96	-0.006 (-0.189, 0.177)	0.95
Instagram	0.267 (0.121, 0.414)	<.001	0.244 (0.096, 0.391)	0.001
Snapchat	0.193 (0.018, 0.368)	0.03	0.154 (-0.024, 0.332)	0.09

^{^}Adjusted for age and gender.