Table 5. Comparison between the smartphone addicted and non-addicted groups according to the proposed diagnostic criteria for smartphone addiction.
Addict group (N = 65) | Non-addict group (N = 216) | p-value | |
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Age, year (mean (SD)) | 20.7 (1.4) | 20.9 (1.6) | 0.301 |
Gender, Male/Female | 53/12 | 180/36 | 0.736 |
Frequent users | 9 | 45 | 0.210 |
Non-frequent users | 56 | 171 | |
Time spent on smartphone of non-frequent users, hours per week (mean (SD)) | 26.3 (17.3) | 21.4 (14.2) | 0.035 |
Duration of owning a smartphone, months (mean (SD)) | 30.6 (17.7) | 27.4 (19.3) | 0.224 |
Frequent users: participants thought that their smartphone use pattern was too frequent to assess the total duration; SD: Standard deviation.