Table 1 Characteristics of the study population according to the degree of maladaptive internet use (n = 866).
| Â | Overall maladaptive internet use (n = 181) | Problematic internet use (n = 13) | Potential problematic internet use (n = 168) | Normal internet use (n = 685) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | n (%) |
Age mean years ± SD | 14.8 ± 0.6 | 0.838 | 14.6 ± 0.4 | 0.268†| 14.8 ± 0.6 | 0.625†| 14.8 ± 0.6 |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Male | 122 (67.4) | Referent | 11 (84.6) | Referent | 111 (66.1) | Referent | 284 (41.5) |
   Female | 59 (32.6) | < 0.0001 | 2 (15.4) | 0.002‡ | 57 (33.9) | < 0.0001‡ | 401 (58.5) |
Academic performance | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Average | 82 (45.3) | Referent | 5 (38.5) | Referent | 77 (45.8) | Referent | 193 (28.2) |
   Good | 74 (40.9) | 0.003 | 7 (53.8) | 0.229§ | 65 (38.7) | 0.002‡ | 292 (42.6) |
   Excellent | 27 (14.9) | < 0.0001 | 1 (7.7) | 0.090§ | 26 (15.5) | < 0.0001‡ | 200 (29.2) |
Internet use experience | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   0-6 months | 33 (18.2) | Referent | 1 (7.7) | Referent | 32 (19.0) | Referent | 289 (42.2) |
   6-12 months | 24 (13.2) | 0.0006 | 0 (0.0) | 0.788§ | 24 (14.3) | < 0.0001‡ | 79 (11.5) |
   > 12 months | 124 (68.5) | < 0.0001 | 12 (92.3) | 0.004‡ | 112 (66.7) | < 0.0001‡ | 317 (46.3) |