Table 3.

Correlations between domains of problematic Internet use and psychotic-like experiences at baseline and at two-month follow-up

	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.