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Table 6.

Differences in scores on the IAT and MAS between subjects in various fields of study

Variables tested		Fields of study								H₍₃₎	p	ε²	Post hoc
		NSET (1) N = 124		HSS (2) N = 135		MHS (3) N = 211		LEM (4) N = 125
		M_rank	Me	M_rank	Me	M_rank	Me	M_rank	Me
Problematic Internet use [IAT scores]		346.25	44.00	281.07	27.00	261.10	25.00	330.72	37.00	25.336	< 0.001	0.04	1 > 2,3 4 > 3
Attitudes towards persons with disabilities [MAS scores]	Emotions	313.51	2.94	327.26	3.00	250.15	2.56	331.79	3.00	26.150	< 0.001	0.04	1,2,4 > 3
	Beliefs	283.27	2.20	292.79	2.30	282.42	2.30	341.16	2.50	10.272	0.016	0.02	4 > 1,3
	Behaviours	319.18	2.63	305.57	2.63	255.84	2.25	339.97	2.75	22.378	< 0.001	0.04	1,2,4 > 3
	Total	306.68	2.65	321.44	2.76	248.98	2.44	346.82	2.79	30.080	< 0.001	0.05	1,2,4 > 3

Note: Post-hoc analysis was performed by Dunn’s test with p-value adjusted using Holm’s correction for multiple comparisons

IAT Internet Addiction Test, MAS Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Towards Persons With Disabilities, NSET Natural Science and Engineering Technology, HSS Social Science and Humanities, MHS medical and health science, LEM law, economics, and management; N number of observations, M_rank ranks of results, Me median, H the result of the Kruskal–Wallis test, p significance, ε² ordinal epsilon-square