Table 5.

Main and interaction effects of gaming time, loneliness, and household size on PGU (N=595)

Variables	B	SE	t	95% CI
Independent variable
Gaming time	0.826	0.270	3.054**	0.294–1.355
Loneliness	2.173	0.333	6.521***	1.519–2.827
Household size	0.313	0.437	0.717	-0.545–1.171
Two-way interaction
Gaming time×loneliness	0.131	0.168	0.777	-0.200–0.461
Gaming time×household size	-0.142	0.323	-0.441	-0.776–0.491
Loneliness×household size	0.333	0.382	0.872	-0.418–1.084
Three-way interaction
Gaming time×loneliness×household size	0.152	0.251	0.606	-0.341–0.646
Covariate
Age	-0.136	0.037	-3.688***	-0.209– -0.064

The estimates of the final model are presented.

^**p<0.01;

^***p<0.001.

PGU, problematic gaming use; SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval; SD, standard deviation