Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the key variables.
| Continuous variables | Total (N = 390) | Male (N = 176) | Female (N = 214) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cronbach's alpha | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | |
| Age | – | 19.09 | 1.47 | 19.11 | 1.79 | 19.04 | 1.14 | 0.45 |
| Life satisfaction | 0.86 | 4.10 | 1.16 | 4.03 | 1.14 | 4.16 | 1.18 | 1.15 |
| Depression | 0.87 | 1.95 | 0.54 | 1.98 | 0.51 | 1.93 | 0.57 | −0.90 |
| Sleep disturbance | 0.81 | 0.65 | 0.54 | 0.71 | 0.53 | 0.61 | 0.54 | −1.88 |
| Sleep latency | – | 1.29 | 1.05 | 1.40 | 1.06 | 1.20 | 1.04 | −1.84 |
| Perceived academic performance | – | 3.00 | 0.75 | 2.91 | 0.83 | 3.07 | 0.67 | 2.12 |
| Specific parenting behaviors | ||||||||
| Reactive restriction | 0.88 | 1.71 | 0.82 | 1.90 | 0.89 | 1.54 | 0.72 | −4.32*** |
| Internet-specific rules | 0.92 | 3.24 | 0.99 | 3.22 | 0.97 | 3.25 | 1.01 | 0.39 |
| Limiting online behavior | 0.77 | 1.97 | 0.77 | 2.10 | 0.80 | 1.86 | 0.73 | −3.09** |
| Communication about the internet | 0.74 | 3.09 | 0.92 | 3.01 | 0.90 | 3.16 | 0.93 | 1.55 |
| Co-use | 0.84 | 2.25 | 0.89 | 2.17 | 0.86 | 2.31 | 0.92 | 1.55 |
| Parent-adherence | 0.82 | 2.47 | 0.82 | 2.54 | 0.83 | 2.41 | 0.81 | −1.54 |
| SNA | 0.72 | 2.80 | 2.21 | 2.96 | 2.36 | 2.66 | 2.08 | −1.30 |
p < 0.01;
p < 0.001.