From: Correlates of video games playing among adolescents in an Islamic country
Scale/Subscale | Non-gamers | 1-6 Hours/Week | 7-10 Hours/Week | > 10 Hours/Week | Sig. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | (n = 24) | (n = 232) | (n = 120) | (n = 68) |  |
 | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |  |
Somatic symptoms | 1.96 ± 1.8 | 1.19 ± 1.6 | 1.04 ± 1.5 | 1.53 ± 1.7 | < .05 |
Anxiety and insomnia | 2.50 ± 2.4 | 1.41 ± 1.7 | 1.34 ± 1.7 | 1.82 ± 1.8 | < .01 |
Social dysfunction | 2.38 ± 2.0 | 1.42 ± 1.6 | 1.43 ± 1.3 | 1.53 ± 1.7 | < .05 |
Severe depression | 2.12 ±2 .5 | 1.40 ± 2.0 | 1.12 ± 1.6 | 1.73 ± 2.3 | 0.06 |
General mental health status | 8.96 ± 7.7 | 5.43 ± 5.6 | 4.97 ± 5.0 | 6.67 ± 6.0 | < .01 |