Table 5.

Independent variables (Parental control and Self-control) in the third dimension (information searches) of smartphone behavior

Independent variable	Variable	Number	Mean	SD	t value/F value	A posteriori comparison
Gender	Male (boys)	238	3.52	0.96	− 3.979***	girls > boys
	Female (girls)	261	3.74	0.88
Parental control	(1) Strict	46	3.77	1.05	0.72
	(2) Conditional	355	3.60	0.92
	(3) None	98	3.67	0.88
Self-control	(1) Proactive high self-control	278	3.63	0.94	0.35
	(2) Reactive high self-control	66	3.62	1.00
	(3) Proactive low self-control	122	3.62	0.86
	(4) Reactive low self-control	34	3.67	0.91

SD standard deviation

^*** p < .001