Table 2.
Distribution of responses of Internet addiction test among studied students
| Question | IAT scale | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Does not apply and rarely | Occasionally and frequently | Often and always | p | ||||
| Non-medical | Medical | Non-medical | Medical | Non-medical | Medical | ||
| 1. How often do you find that you stay on-line longer than you intended? | |||||||
| 17 (4.6%) | 7 (1.9%) | 128 (34.3%) | 81 (21.7%) | 228 (61.1%) | 285 (76.4%) | 0.0001* | |
| 2. How often do you neglect household chores to spend more time on-line? | |||||||
| 13 (3.5%) | 8 (2.1%) | 107 (28.7%) | 82 (22%) | 253 (67.8%) | 283 (75.9%) | 0.05 | |
| 3. How often do you prefer the excitement of the Internet to intimacy with your partner, colleagues and friends? | |||||||
| 46 (12.3%) | 30 (8%) | 88 (23.6%) | 74 (19.8%) | 239 (64.1%) | 269 (72.1%) | 0.04* | |
| 4. How often do you form new relationships with fellow on-line users? | |||||||
| 129 (34.6%) | 79 (21.2%) | 117 (31.4%) | 95 (25.5%) | 127 (34%) | 199 (53.4%) | 0.0001* | |
| 5. How often do others in your life complain to you about the amount of time you spend on-line? | |||||||
| 63 (16.9%) | 25 (6.7%) | 102 (27.3%) | 76 (20.4%) | 208 (55.8%) | 272 (72.9%) | 0.0001* | |
| 6. How often do your grades or school work suffers because of time you spend on line? | 95 (25.5%) | 31 (8.3%) | 111 (29.8%) | 101 (27.1%) | 167 (44.8%) | 241 (64.6%) | 0.0001* |
| 7. How often do you check your email before something else that you need to do? | 41 (11%) | 22 (5.9%) | 109 (29.2%) | 83 (22.3%) | 223 (59.8%) | 268 (71.8%) | 0.001* |
| 8. How often does your academic performance or productivity suffer because of the Internet? | 86 (23.1%) | 37 (9.9%) | 131 (35.1%) | 113 (30.3%) | 156 (41.8%) | 223 (59.8%) | 0.0001* |
| 9. How often do you become defensive or secretive when anyone asks you what you do online? | 113 (30.3%) | 67 (18%) | 155 (41.6%) | 107 (28.7%) | 105 (28.2%) | 199 (53.4%) | 0.0001* |
| 10. How often do you block out disturbing thoughts about your life with soothing thoughts of the Internet? | 112 (30%) | 64 (17.2%) | 160 (42.9%) | 130 (34.9%) | 101 (27.1%) | 179 (48%) | 0.0001* |
| 11. How often do you find yourself anticipating when you will go on line again? | 55(14.7%) | 26 (7%) | 185 (49.6%) | 129 (34.6%) | 133 (35.7%) | 218 (58.4%) | 0.0001* |
| 12. How often do you fear that life without the Internet would be boring, empty and joyless? | 75 (20.1%) | 39 (10.5%) | 106 (28.4%) | 96 (25.7%) | 192 (51.5%) | 238 (63.8%) | 0.0001* |
| 13. How often do you snap, yell, or act annoyed if someone bothers you while you are online? | 63 (16.9%) | 26 (7%) | 142 (38.1%) | 131 (35.1%) | 168 (45%) | 216 (57.9%) | 0.0001* |
| 14. How often do you lose sleep due to late night log ins? | 74 (19.8%) | 45 (12.1%) | 135 (36.2%) | 89 (23.9%) | 164 (44%) | 239 (64.1%) | 0.0001* |
| 15. How often do you feel preoccupied with the Internet when offline or fantasize about being online? | 35 (9.4%) | 24 (6.4%) | 167 (44.8%) | 108 (29%) | 171 (45.8%) | 241 (64.6%) | 0.0001* |
| 16. How often do you find yourself saying “just a few more minutes” when on-line? | 46 (12.3%) | 13 (3.5%) | 108 (29%) | 63 (16.9%) | 219 (58.7%) | 297 (79.6%) | 0.0001* |
| 17. How often do you try to cut down the amount of time you spend on-line and fail? | 42 (11.3%) | 26 (27%) | 101 (27.1%) | 96 (25.7%) | 230 (61.7%) | 251 (67.3%) | 0.09 |
| 18. How often do you try to hide how long you’ve been on-line? | 71 (19%) | 39 (10.5%) | 86 (23.1%) | 73 (19.6%) | 216 (57.9%) | 261 (70%) | 0.001* |
| 19. How often do you choose to spend more time on-line over going out with others? | 57 (15.3%) | 40 (10.7%) | 64 (17.2%) | 36 (9.7%) | 252 (67.6%) | 297 (79.6%) | 0.001* |
| 20. How often do you feel depressed, moody or nervous when you are off-line, which goes away once you are back on-line? | 40 (10.7%) | 20 (5.4%) | 28 (7.5%) | 30 (8%) | 305 (81.8%) | 323 (86.6%) | 0.03* |