Table 3.
1 Baseline PQB Total | 2 Follow-up PQB Total | Changes in Magnitude | |
---|---|---|---|
PLE-Increase | |||
Reality Substitute | .12 | .45** | 2>1* |
Internet Addiction Total | .28* | .41** | NS |
PLE-Improved/Constant | |||
Reality Substitute | .22** | .25** | NS |
Internet Addiction Total | .30** | .28** | NS |
Note: NS = Not Significant;
p<0.01,
p<0.05. Internet addiction problems were significantly associated with psychotic-like experiences at baseline for both the PLE-Increase and the PLE-Improved/Constant group at baseline(with the exception of Reality Substitute domain for the PLE-Increase group, which did not approach significance). At the follow-up time point, the magnitude of associations for the PLE-Increase group grew (significantly so for the Reality Substitute domain; z = −1.63, p ≤ .05) whereas the correlations remained level for the PLE-Improved/Constant group.