Erratum: Depressive symptomatology, youth Internet use, and online interactions: A national survey

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In the January 2005 issue of the Journal, Table 1 of Ybarra ML, Alexander C, Mitchell KJ “Depressive symptomatology, youth Internet use, and online interactions: A national survey” was labeled incorrectly. The corrected table has been reproduced below.

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the Youth Internet Safety Survey (n = 1501)

Youth characteristic	% (N)
Male	52.7%(790)
Missing	0.0%(3)
Age	M:14.1(SD:1.96)
Missing	0.0%(1)
Household income
<$20,000	8.6%(119)
$20,000–50,000	41.3%(575)
$51,000–75,000	25.2%(350)
>$75,000	25.0%(347)
Missing	7.3%(110)
Highest level of household education
Not a high school graduate	2.5%(37)
High school graduate	21.4%(320)
Has some college education	22.4%(336)
College graduate	31.7%(474)
Post college degree	22.0%(330)
Missing	0.0%(4)
Race
Non-Hispanic White	73.0%(1,095)
Non-Hispanic Black	10.2%(153)
Hispanic White	7.1%(107)
Other	9.5%(143)
Missing	0.2%(3)
Depressive symptomatology
No depressive symptoms	79.2%(1189)
DSM IV-like minor symptoms	14.2%(213)
DSM IV-like symptoms	5.1%(77)
Missing	1.5%(22)

The authors also would like to clarify that “refused” and “don’t know” answers were coded as “other” as opposed to the sample mean. In the 3^rd paragraph, 2^nd sentence on page 13 it should read, “less than one in five youth indicated mild or no symptoms” instead of “one in two”. All references to “3+ h / d” should instead read “2+ h / d”.