Table 2 Likelihood of locations and scope of internet sites accessed according to the degree of maladaptive internet use.
| 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 (%) | AOR* (95% CI) | n (%) | AOR* (95% CI) | n (%) | AOR* (95% CI) | n (%) |
Locations of internet access | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Own house | 142 (78.4) | 1.76 (1.18-2.62) | 11 (84.6) | 2.76 (0.60-12.68) | 131 (78.0) | 1.71 (1.14-2.56) | 452 (66.0) |
   Friend's house | 38 (21.0) | 0.86 (0.57-1.30) | 3 (23.9) | 1.00 (0.27-3.72) | 35 (20.8) | 0.86 (0.56-1.30) | 163 (23.8) |
   Internet café | 107 (57.5) | 1.90 (1.34-2.70) | 9 (69.2) | 2.76 (0.82-9.31) | 95 (56.5) | 1.86 (1.29-2.66) | 237 (34.6) |
Scope of internet sites used | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   E-mail | 104 (57.4) | 1.83 (1.30-2.58) | 9 (69.2) | 2.94 (0.88-9.76) | 95 (56.5) | 1.76 (1.24-2.50) | 285 (41.6) |
   Mass media | 30 (16.6) | 1.00 (0.63-1.57) | 0 (0.0) | NC | 30 (17.8) | 1.08 (0.68-1.69) | 114 (16.6) |
   Chat room | 101 (55.8) | 2.28 (1.62-3.21) | 9 (69.2) | 3.73 (1.12-12.38) | 92 (54.8) | 2.19 (1.54-3.12) | 230 (33.6) |
   Games | 137 (75.7) | 1.95 (1.31-2.90) | 12 (92.3) | 5.78 (0.72-46.32) | 125 (74.4) | 1.86 (1.24-2.78) | 364 (53.1) |
   Education | 38 (21.0) | 0.61 (0.40-0.91) | 4 (30.8) | 1.12 (0.33-3.80) | 34 (20.2) | 0.57 (0.38-0.87) | 232 (33.9) |
   Sexual information | 38 (21.0) | 2.70 (1.66-4.38) | 6 (46.2) | 6.77 (2.09-21.97) | 32 (19.0) | 2.43 (1.46-4.02) | 48 (7.0) |