Table 3.
The associations of factors of family context with excessive spending of time on computer use among adolescents
| Work with computer 2 hours and more | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model3 | |||
| N (%) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |||
| Gender | Boys | 289 (65.4) | 1.62 (1.18-2.22)** | ||
| Girls | 216 (53.7) | 1 | |||
| Age (grade) | 15-years old (9th grade) | 341 (77.5) | 3.91 (2.82-5.43)*** | ||
| 11-years old (5th grade) | 165 (40.6) | 1 | |||
| Family completeness | Incomplete | 45 (66.2) | 1.16 (0.66-2.05) | ||
| Mixed | 58 (58.6) | 0.75 (0.47-1.21) | |||
| Intact | 392 (60.0) | 1 | |||
| Computer in bedroom | Yes | 411 (67.2) | 2.42 (1.73-3.39)*** | 2.25 (1.59-3.20)*** | |
| No | 94 (40.7) | 1 | a | 1 | |
| Parents apply rules about spending time with a computer | Rarely-never | 310 (69.8) | 1.65 (1.19-2.28)* | 1.50 (1.07-2.08)* | |
| Every day-almost every day | 175 (49.4) | 1 | b, c | 1 | |
| Parents apply rules about content of computer work | Rarely-never | 355 (67.2) | 1.27 (0.90-1.80) | ||
| Every day-almost every day | 124 (47.5) | 1 | d | ||
| Activities shared with parents | Lower score = more frequently shared activities | 0.97 (0.82-1.15) | e | ||
athe interaction effect of the computer in the bedroom and age on the chance of excessive computer use was not significant.
bthe interaction effect of parental rules about time spent with computer work and age on chance of excessive computer use was not significant.
cthe interaction effect of parental rules about time spent with computer work and gender on chance of excessive computer use was not significant.
dthe interaction effect of parental rules about content of computer work and age on chance of excessive computer use was not significant.
ethe interaction effect of activities shared with parents and age on chance of excessive computer use was not significant.
Model 1 Each variable separated and adjusted to age and gender.
Model 2 Model 1 enriched by interaction. Each interaction entered separately.
Model 3 All variables included in one step.
**p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001.