Table 2.
Means and standard of stressful life events, coping strategies, personality traits, and online game addiction (OGA).
| Variables | Addicts (N = 31) |
Non-addicts (N = 623) |
t | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Total CSSQ scores | 24.48 | 14.19 | 21.90 | 11.14 | -1.19 |
| Academic stress | 7.38 | 4.69 | 5.82 | 3.55 | -2.25 |
| Job stress | 5.31 | 3.56 | 5.02 | 3.09 | -0.49 |
| Daily hassles | 5.89 | 3.07 | 5.09 | 3.05 | -1.37 |
| Interpersonal conflicts | 3.93 | 3.87 | 3.94 | 2.99 | 0.02 |
| Major events | 1.97 | 2.49 | 2.03 | 2.20 | 0.14 |
| CSQ | |||||
| Problem-solving | 7.68 | 2.66 | 8.97 | 2.31 | 2.25 |
| Help-seeking | 5.00 | 2.39 | 5.59 | 2.32 | 1.23 |
| fantasy | 5.44 | 2.38 | 4.15 | 2.06 | -3.03∗∗ |
| Rationalization | 5.04 | 2.13 | 4.21 | 1.95 | -2.24 |
| Self blame | 4.72 | 2.42 | 3.38 | 2.07 | -3.15∗∗ |
| Withdrawal | 5.40 | 2.00 | 4.57 | 1.95 | -2.07 |
| EPQ-RSC | |||||
| Neuroticism | 6.53 | 2.11 | 4.53 | 2.77 | -3.90∗∗∗ |
| Psychoticism | 7.53 | 1.57 | 6.71 | 1.55 | -2.80 |
| Extraversion | 7.03 | 2.33 | 7.51 | 2.54 | 1.02 |
| Social desirability | 6.47 | 1.87 | 6.39 | 2.05 | -0.19 |
| OGCAS scores | 44.97 | 8.14 | 19.38 | 4.78 | -27.49∗∗∗ |
| CIAS scores | 5.96 | 0.97 | 1.91 | 1.24 | -16.66∗∗∗ |
P-values are corrected by Bonferroni method for multiple comparisons. ∗∗p < 0.005, ∗∗∗p < 0.001. CCSQ, The Chinese College-student Stress Questionnaire; CSQ, Coping Style Questionnaire; EPQ-RSC, the Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Short Scale for Chinese; OGCAS, Online Game Cognitive Addiction Scale; CIAS, Chinese version of the Internet Addiction Scale.