Table 2.
Profile of internet addiction of students based on psychological variables.
| Internet addiction | Total population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | p‐value | Mean ± SD | |
| Variables | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
| Brief Symptom Inventory‐18 | ||||
| Depression | 4.7 ± 4.3 | 8.3 ± 5.7 | ˂0.001 | 5.7 ± 5.0 |
| Anxiety | 3.4 ± 4.1 | 5.7 ± 5.4 | ˂0.001 | 4.1 ± 4.6 |
| Somatization | 2.5 ± 2.9 | 3.9 ± 4.1 | 0.004 | 2.9 ± 3.3 |
| GSI (Overall Psychological Distress) | 0.6 ± 0.5 | 1.0 ± 0.7 | ˂0.001 | 0.7 ± 0.6 |
| APGAR family support | 7.0 ± 2.8 | 5.6 ± 2.8 | ˂0.001 | 6.6 ± 2.9 |
| Social support | ||||
| Family relations | 4.1 ± 2.0 | 3.9 ± 2.1 | 0.414 | 4.1 ± 2.0 |
| Friends relations | 5.5 ± 1.8 | 5.2 ± 1.7 | 0.175 | 5.4 ± 1.8 |
| Opinion relations | 3.9 ± 1.2 | 3.5 ± 1.3 | 0.009 | 3.8 ± 1.3 |
| General relations | 3.7 ± 1.0 | 3.9 ± 0.9 | 0.373 | 3.8 ± 1.0 |
| Total score | 17.4 ± 4.1 | 16.6 ± 4.3 | 0.111 | 17.1 ± 4.2 |
| Fear of covid‐19 | 14.8 ± 5.3 | 17.1 ± 6.3 | 0.003 | 15.5 ± 5.7 |