Table 3.
Differences in problematic Internet use and problematic specific Internet activities between young adults and older participants—Pearson’s chi-square test (N = 1,106).
| Age groups | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young adults | Early adults | Middle-aged adults | ||||
| Problematic use | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | p | V |
| Online gambling | 1 (12.5) | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | –d | –d | –d |
| Online gaming | 21 (25.9)a | 7 (10.3)b | 14 (20.0)a,b | 5.87 | 0.053 | 0.16 |
| Pornography viewing | 2 (3.6) | 2 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | –d | –d | –d |
| Social media | 194 (60.8)a | 130 (39.5)b | 93 (29.0)c | 68.70* | <0.001 | 0.27 |
| Online shopping | 14 (9.5)a | 8 (5.4)a | 7 (6.7)a | 1.89 | 0.388 | 0.07 |
| Internet overall | 119 (36.8)a | 81 (24.0)b | 62 (18.7)b | 29.37* | <0.001 | 0.17 |
V, Cramer’s V; Different superscript letters (“a,” “b” and “c”) indicate statistically significant differences between the categories in different columns; d, cannot be computed because problematic Internet use variable is constant per specific group; *p < 0.05.