Table 2.
Sex differences in study variables.
| Mean (SD) | t (p) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Femalea | Maleb | Cohen's d | ||
| Psychological Resilience | 102.255 (14.611) | 102.333 (16.462) | −0.078 (0.938) | 0.005 |
| Internet Gaming Disorder | 33.011 (6.118) | 34.194 (5.590) | −3.095 (0.002)*** | 0.202 |
| Risky online behaviour | 8.866 (2.172) | 9.863 (2.553) | −6.580 (0.000)*** | 0.421 |
| Share data | 1.396 (0.524) | 1.517 (0.673) | −3.317 (0.001)*** | 0.201 |
| Meeting strangers | 1.821 (0.721) | 1.943 (0.777) | −2.597 (0.010)** | 0.163 |
| Violence | 1.667 (0.668) | 2.297 (0.821) | −13.751 (0.000)*** | 0.842 |
| Bullying | 1.270 (0.369) | 1.306 (0.462) | −1.375 (0.169) | 0.064 |
| Pornography | 1.311 (0.490) | 1.418 (0.658) | −3.082 (0.002)*** | 0.185 |
| Being bullied | 1.416 (0.486) | 1.447 (0.569) | −0.961 (0.337) | 0.059 |
| Loneliness | 34.710 (10.173) | 33.159 (10.006) | 2.350 (0.019)* | 0.154 |
| Depression | 9.645 (6.213) | 7.409 (5.121) | 5.892 (0.000)*** | 0.393 |
| Online hours | 3.553 (2.568) | 3.723 (3.523) | −0.928 (0.354) | 0.057 |
| Internet gaming hours | 1.381 (1.728) | 3.197 (3.229) | −12.137 (0.000)*** | 0.701 |
| Social networking site hours | 1.850 (1.815) | 1.672 (3.836) | 1.048 (0.295) | 0.059 |
*
p <0.05,
**
p <0.01,
***
p <0.001.
a
n = 755;
b
n = 372.