Correction to: Digital Media Use Preference Indirectly Relates to Adolescent Social Anxiety Symptoms Through Delta-Beta Coupling (Affective Science, (2024), 5, 4, (310-320), 10.1007/s42761-024-00245-1)

For the article “Digital Media Use Preference Indirectly Relates to Adolescent Social Anxiety Symptoms Through Delta-Beta Coupling” by Sarah Myruski, Bridget Cahill, and Kristin A. Buss (Affective Science, 2024, Vol 5, pp. 310-320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-024-00245-1), two errors in the data set were identified, consisting of a scoring error for the SAS-A questionnaire and incorrect exclusion of one participant. Thus, we present corrections to the sample description, portions of the Method section pertaining to SAS-A internal consistency, EEG data descriptives, trial counts, and handling missing data, as well as statistics reported in the Results section. All findings, including levels of significance and patterns of results, remained unchanged. We summarize all corrections below. The sample description in the Abstract (page 1) should read as follows: “We test links among digital media use preferences, delta-beta coupling, and anxiety symptoms with a sample of 81 adolescents (48 females; 33 males) ages 13 – 15 years (M = 13.99, SD = 0.71) [89% White, 4% Black/African American, 7% more than one race, 6% Hispanic/Latine].” Corrections to the Method section are as follows: The first three sentences of the Participants section (page 4) should read: “Participants included 81 adolescents [48 (59.3%) females; 33 (40.7%) males] ages 13 – 16 years (M = 13.99, SD = 0.71). Racial and ethnic identities of adolescents were as follows: 3 (3.7%) Black/African American, 72 (88.9%) White, 6 (7.4%) more than one race, 75 (92.6%) not Hispanic/Latine, 5 (6.2%) Hispanic/Latine, and 1 (1.2%) did not provide this information. Parents of adolescents reported annual household income with 60 (74.1%) of families at or above $61,000 (the maximum of the scale provided).” In the Questionnaires section (page 4), internal consistency for the SAS-A overall social anxiety symptom score should read “α =.95”. In the EEG Resting-State Baseline section (page 5), the standard deviation of delta ranges should read “SD = 0.72” (last sentence of second paragraph), and footnotes 1 and 2 should be corrected to read: “¹ Average trial counts per 60 second segment is as follows (M = 57.41, SD = 4.39) with a minimum of 38.67. ² Delta-beta coupling scores derived separately from only eyes-open and only eyes-closed trials were not significantly different [t(80) = -.36, p =.723].” In the Handling Missing Data section (page 5), Little’s MCAR test statistics should read “[χ² (1378) = 1410.29, p =.27]” with “9.7%” of values missing. Corrections to the Results section are as follows: Tables 1 and 2 (page 6) presenting descriptive statistics, correlations, and sex differences should read as follows: Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations between main study variables Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Age 13.99 0.71 - -.12.02 -.07 -.06.18 2. SMCQ- Positive −0.21 1.45 -.21 3. SMCQ- Difficult 0.17 1.64 -.17 4. SMCQ- Overall −0.06 1.41 -.21 5. DBC −0.78 0.61 - 6. Social Anxiety 47.86 15.89 - Note. *p ≤.05, **p ≤.01; Bold text indicates significant correlation; SMCQ = Social Media Communication Questionnaire scales reflecting digital media use vs. face-to-face preference for social-emotional communication; DBC = delta-beta coupling Sex differences Females (n = 48) Males (n = 33) SMCQ- Positive −0.11 (1.25) −0.36 (1.71) −0.72 (54.83).477 SMCQ- Difficult 0.13 (1.50) 0.23 (1.84) 0.28 (79).780 SMCQ- Overall −0.02 (1.22) −0.13 (1.65) −0.33 (55.27).745 DBC −0.78 (0.58) −0.78 (0.65) −0.13 (79).990 Social Anxiety 53.10 (14.98) 40.24 (14.16) Note. Bold text indicates significant difference; SMCQ = Social Media Communication Questionnaire scales reflecting digital media use vs. face-to-face preference for social-emotional communication; DBC = delta-beta coupling The statistics in the Main Analyses section (page 6) are “[Indirect effect: b =.77, SE =.51, CI (.084, 2.20); Direct effect: b = 1.37, SE = 1.19, CI (−1.00, 3.74)].” The statistics in the last sentence of footnote 3 (page 6) should read as follows: “[Indirect effect: b = 1.01, SE = 1.05, β =.04, CI (−0.64, 3.64)].” Table 3 (page 7) with full results of main analyses should read as follows: Full results for all path analytic models DMU to Anx (path c’) 1.37.12 1.19 1.15.252 −1.00 3.74 DMU to DBC (path a) 0.14.32 0.05 2.99 DMU to DBC to Anx (path b) 5.51.21 2.74 2.01 Direct (c’) 1.37.12 1.19 1.15.252 −1.00 3.74 Indirect (a*b) 0.77.07 0.51 Total (c) 2.14.19 1.15 −0.15 4.43 DMU to Anx (path c’) 1.17.11 1.15 1.02.311 −1.12 3.46 DMU to DBC (path a) 0.13.30 0.05 2.79 DMU to DBC to Anx (path b) 5.69.22 2.73 2.09 Direct (c’) 1.17.11 1.15 −1.12 3.46 Indirect (a*b) 0.72.07 0.46 Total (c) 1.89.17 1.12 −0.33 4.12 DMU to Anx (path c’) 1.12.12 1.01 1.11.272 -.895 3.13 DMU to DBC (path a) 0.11.29 0.04 2.67 DMU to DBC to Anx (path b) 5.66.22 2.71 2.09 Direct (c’) 1.12.12 1.01 −0.90 3.13 Indirect (a*b) 0.61.06 0.39 Total (c) 1.73.18 0.99 −0.24 3.69 Note. Bold text indicates significant effects; DMU = digital media use vs. face-to-face preference; DBC = delta-beta coupling; Anx = adolescent-reported social anxiety symptoms (SAS-A total); LLCI = 95% lower limit confidence interval; ULCI = 95% upper limit confidence interval; b = unstandardized coefficients; β = standardized coefficients Figure 1 (page 7) with corrected statistics can be found below. (Figure presented.) Digital media use preference for social-emotional communication was associated with elevated social anxiety symptoms indirectly through delta-beta coupling. (Note: DMU = digital media use, FtF = face-to-face) The original article has been corrected.