Table 4.

Partial correlations between the ANPS and the GPIUS-2 scales corrected for age in the male subsample.

	Overall GPIUS-2 score	Preference for online social interaction	Mood regulation	Cognitive preoccupation	Compulsive Internet use	Negative outcomes
SEEKING	r = −0.27***	r = −0.22***	r = −0.12	r = −0.18**	r = −0.21**	r = −0.31***
CARE	r = −0.10	r = −0.17*	r = −0.03	r = −0.08	r = −0.02	r = −0.11
PLAY	r = −0.26***	r = −0.32***	r = −0.15*	r = −0.15*	r = −0.16*	r = −0.23***
FEAR	r = 0.37***	r = 0.22***	r = 0.36***	r = 0.29***	r = 0.29***	r = 0.21**
ANGER	r = 0.20**	r = 0.21**	r = 0.11	r = 0.18**	r = 0.15*	r = 0.13
SADNESS	r = 0.32***	r = 0.18**	r = 0.32***	r = 0.27***	r = 0.24***	r = 0.16*
Spirituality	r = 0.04	r = 0.07	r = −0.04	r = 0.08	r = 0.04	r = 0.04

All reported p-values are two-tailed.

^***p <= 0.001,

^**p <= 0.01,

^*p <= 0.05.