Table 6.

Correlations between Internet gaming cognitions and external variables.

	IGD	Gaming Time	Internet Gaming Is the Primary Source of Self-Esteem	Internet Gaming Is the Primary Source of Social Acceptance	Impulsivity	Self-Control
	rp	rs	rs	rs	rp	rp
Overall scale	0.38 ***	0.47 ***	0.50 ***	0.51 ***	0.35 ***	−0.36 ***
Perceived rewards of Internet gaming	0.32 ***	0.42 ***	0.51 ***	0.53 ***	0.31 ***	−0.29 ***
Perceived urges for playing Internet games	0.40 ***	0.44 ***	0.40 ***	0.40 ***	0.35 ***	−0.43 ***
Perceived unwillingness to stop playing without completion of gaming tasks	0.30 ***	0.38 ***	0.40 ***	0.39 ***	0.27 ***	−0.27 ***

Note: r_p, Pearson correlation coefficient; r_s, Spearman correlation coefficient; ***, p < 0.001.