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Table 2 Gender differences in age, education, history of online gaming, weekly online gaming hours, DSSS, DSSS-DS, DSSS-SS, DSSS-PS, SPIN, and CIAS

From: The association between online gaming, social phobia, and depression: an internet survey

 

Male

Female

F value

P value

(N = 601)

(N = 121)

Age, yrs

21.7 (4.8)

22.6 (5.2)

3.26

0.072

Education, yrs

15.0 (2.5)

15.0 (2.6)

0.08

0.782

History of online gaming, yrs

7.2 (3.6)

6.0 (3.1)

11.58

0.001 *

Weekly online gaming hours

29.2 (20.0)

23.2 (17.0)

9.57

0.002 *

DSSS

10.9 (9.7)

13.0 (9.3)

4.62

0.032 *

DSSS-DS

6.7 (6.0)

7.7 (5.6)

1.16

0.283

DSSS-SS

4.2 (4.6)

5.7 (4.8)

9.70

0.002 *

DSSS-PS

2.4 (2.5)

3.2 (2.7)

11.40

0.001 *

SPIN

19.6 (13.5)

22.8 (14.3)

5.50

0.019 *

CIAS

61.1 (14.6)

60.1 (14.0)

0.52

0.473.

  1. DSSS: Depression and Somatic Symptoms Scale, and its subscales of Depression Subscale (DSSS-DS), Somatic Subscale (DSSS-SS), and Pain Subscale (DSSS-PS); SPIN: Social Phobia Inventory; CIAS: Chen Internet Addiction Scale; *: p < 0.05.