Table 1.
Demographic and behavioral characteristics of the included participants
| |
Adolescent with |
Control group |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| |
internet gaming |
(n = 18) |
|
| |
addiction |
|
|
| |
group (n = 15) |
|
|
| (Mean ± SD) | (Mean ± SD) | ||
| Age (years) |
16.93 ± 2.34 |
16.33 ± 2.61 |
0.50 |
| Gender (M/F) |
13/2 |
14/4 |
0.67 |
| Education (years) |
9.53 ± 2.17 |
9.56 ± 3.01 |
0.98 |
| Hours of Internet use per week |
25.47 ± 17.89 |
9.28 ± 12.90 |
<0.0001 |
| Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS) |
66.73 ± 3.01 |
40.50 ± 8.42 |
<0.0001 |
| Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) |
44.33 ± 5.72 |
41.17 ± 4.45 |
0.08 |
| Self-rating depression scale (SDS) |
50.20 ± 7.55 |
50.06 ± 7.26 |
0.96 |
| BIS-11 Attentional key |
14.80 ± 2.65 |
13.06 ±2.34 |
0.05 |
| Motor key |
19.67 ± 3.90 |
18.11 ±2.70 |
0.18 |
| Non-planning key |
26.67 ± 3.15 |
23.94 ± 3.02 |
<0.0001 |
| total score | 61.13 ± 7.61 | 55.11 ± 5.92 | 0.02 |
Abbreviation: SD standard deviation, CIAS Chen Internet Addiction Scale, SAS Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, SDS Self-rating depression scale, BIS-11 Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11.
Two-sample t test was used for group comparisons but chi-square was used for gender comparison.