Table 1.
Demographics and psychopathological characteristics for non-problematic and problematic Internet users
| Non-problematic Internet users (N = 45) | Problematic Internet users (N = 27) | |||||
| M | SD | M | SD | t/X2 | p | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 37.8% | 37% | ||||
| Female | 62.2% | 63% | ||||
| Age | 23.3 | 4.9 | 22.7 | 4.1 | ||
| PIUQ | 37.5 | 9.6 | 59.7 | 5.8 | ||
| Occupation | ||||||
| Student | 75.5% | 96.3% | ||||
| Employee | 24.5% | 3.7% | ||||
| Means for assessing the Internet | ||||||
| Computer/laptop | 93.3% | 100% | ||||
| Mobile | 6.7% | |||||
| Psychopathological comorbidity | ||||||
| Depression | 26.7% | 29.6% | 0.07 | .79 | ||
| Suicide attempt/deliberate self-harm | 8.9% | 3.7% | 0.70 | .64 | ||
| Manic episode/manic depression/bipolar disorder | 2.2% | 3.7% | 0.14 | 1.00 | ||
| Anxiety/panic/phobia | 15.6% | 14.8% | 0.01 | 1.00 | ||
| Obsessive–compulsive disorder | 4.4% | 0% | 1.23 | .52 | ||
| Psychotic episode/schizophrenia | 0% | 3.7% | 1.70 | .37 | ||
| Eating disorders | 2.2% | 7.4% | 1.30 | .55 | ||
| Drug and alcohol problems | 4.4% | 3.7% | 0.02 | 1.00 | ||
| Other | 2.2% | 3.7% | 0.14 | 1.00 | ||
| Psychopathological symptoms | 0.67 | 1.0 | 0.70 | 1.1 | −0.15 | .88 |