Table 5.

Differences in scores on the IAT and MAS and contact with a person with a disability

Variables tested		Knowing a person with a disability personally				z	p	rrb	95% CI
		No N = 266		Yes N = 329
		Mrank	Me	Mrank	Me				LL	UL
Problematic Internet use [IAT scores]		315.20	32.50	284.09	27.00	2.194	0.028	0.10	0.01	0.20
Attitudes towards persons with disabilities [MAS scores]	Emotions	318.72	2.94	281.24	2.75	2.644	0.008	0.13	0.03	0.22
	Beliefs	320.58	2.40	279.74	2.20	2.881	0.004	0.14	0.05	0.23
	Behaviours	310.53	2.63	287.87	2.50	1.599	0.110	0.08	0.02	0.17
	Total	321.77	2.72	278.78	2.59	3.033	0.002	0.15	0.05	0.23

IAT Internet Addiction Test, MAS Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Towards Persons With Disabilities, N number of observations, M_rank ranks of results, Me median, z the result of the Mann–Whitney test, p significance, r_rb rank-biserial correlation, CI confidence interverbal, LL lower limit, UP upper limit