Table 3.

Psychopathological differences between non-problematic and problematic Internet users

	Non-problematic Internet users (N = 45)		Problematic Internet users (N = 27)
	M	SD	M	SD	t(70)	p
BSI global severity index	0.58	0.45	1.11	0.62	−4.15	.001**
BSI positive symptom total	19.13	11.437	30.22	11.55	−3.96	.001**
BSI positive symptom distress index	1.42	0.46	1.82	0.48	−3.47	.001**
BSI somatization	0.32	0.41	0.65	0.57	−2.83	.006**
BSI obsession–compulsion	1.12	0.82	1.96	0.92	−4.02	.001**
BSI interpersonal sensitivity	0.76	0.73	1.34	0.97	−2.87	.005**
BSI depression	0.67	0.63	1.20	0.82	−3.04	.003**
BSI anxiety	0.49	0.51	0.95	0.70	−3.15	.002**
BSI hostility	0.48	0.52	0.83	0.69	−2.44	.017*
BSI phobic anxiety	0.26	0.45	0.71	0.81	−2.98	.004**
BSI paranoid ideation	0.64	0.76	1.09	0.85	−2.30	.024*
BSI psychoticism	0.56	0.61	1.13	0.84	−3.29	.002**

Note. BSI = Brief Symptom Inventory.

*p < .05, **p < .01, statistically significant (two-tailed).