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. 2024 Oct 16;24:2850. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20381-4

Table 2.

Internet-based social behaviors

Internet-based social activity
(% endorsed, N)
Full sample
(N = 228)
Comparison
(N = 88)
ADHD
(N = 140)
p value Effect size (OR)
1. Ever talk to family members 59.3 (115) 55.0 (44) 62.3 (71) 0.386
2. Ever talk to someone first met in person, same age, who you see often 80.0 (156) 88.9 (72) 73.7 (84) 0.015 1.90 [1.13, 3.19]
3. Ever talk to someone first met in person, same age, who don’t see often 74.4 (145) 84.0 (68) 67.5 (77) 0.016 1.89 [1.13, 3.17]
4. Ever talk to someone first met in person, different age, who you see often 54.4 (106) 53.1 (43) 55.3 (63) 0.877
5. Ever talk to someone first met in person, different age, who you don’t see often 47.2 (92) 37.0 (30) 54.4 (62) 0.025 1.80 [1.08, 3.02]
6. Ever talk to someone first met online, who you only know online 34.5 (67) 20.0 (16) 44.7 (51) 0.001 2.49 [1.47, 4.21]
7. Ever formed a close online friendship with someone met online 26.2 (51) 16.0 (13) 33.3 (38) 0.011 1.95 [1.16, 3.28]
8. Ever formed an online romantic relationship with someone met online 12.3 (24) 2.50 (2) 19.3 (22) 0.001 2.41 [1.43, 4.08]
9. Ever formed an in-person romantic relationship with someone met online 16.4 (32) 7.40 (6) 22.8 (26) 0.008 2.02 [1.20, 3.40]
10. Ever had casual sexual activity with someone met online 8.7 (17) 4.90 (4) 11.4 (13) 0.187