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. 2023 Aug 9;14:1227182. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1227182

Table 4.

Differences in the perceived stress among young adults in regard to problematic Internet use and problematic specific Internet activities—Pearson’s chi-square test (N = 353).

Source of stress
Without stress Pandemic Earthquake Pandemic and earthquake
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) χ2 p V
OGB 0 (0.0) 1 (12.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) c c c
OGd 3 (18.8)a 6 (31.6)a 3 (33.3)a 9 (24.3)a 1.21 0.770 0.11
PV 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (7.7) c c c
SM 19 (43.2)a 51 (69.9)b 18 (69.2)a,b 106 (60.2)a,b 9.05* 0.029 0.17
OSd 1 (5.0)a 5 (14.7)a 1 (7.7)a 7 (8.8)a 1.48 0.707 0.11
IU 10 (21.7)a 33 (44.0)a 9 (34.6)a 67 (38.1)a 6.33 0.097 0.14

V, Cramer’s V; Different superscript letters (“a” and “b”) indicate statistically significant differences between the categories in different columns; d – Fisher’s Exact Test; c – cannot be computed because problematic Internet use variable is constant per specific group; *p < 0.05.