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Table 2 Parent-adolescent interaction and AIA in 5122 Shanghai adolescents a

From: Parent-adolescent interaction and risk of adolescent internet addiction: a population-based study in Shanghai

Variables

N (%)

Prevalence of internet use (%)b

Total scoresc

Prevalence of AIA (%)d

Father-mother relationship (missing 27)

 

p =0.75

p <0.001

p <0.001

Very good

3640 (71.1%)

93.7% (3410/3640)

116.5 ± 40.4

6.7% (243/3640)

Relatively good

794 (15.5%)

94.1% (747/794)

127.8 ± 41.0

14.1% (112/794)

General

379 (7.4%)

94.2% (357/379)

127.6 ± 42.4

15.6% (59/379)

Relatively & very bad

282 (5.5%)

95.0% (268/282)

127.3 ± 41.0

12.4% (35/282)

Father-adolescent relationship (missing 19)

 

p =0.87

p <0.001

p <0.001

Very good

2691 (52.5%)

93.7% (2521/2691)

114.5 ± 40.3

6.1% (163/2691)

Relatively good

1332 (26.0%)

93.9% (1251/1332)

122.7 ± 39.9

10.2% (136/1332)

General

888 (17.3%)

94.4% (838/888)

128.2 ± 40.8

12.6% (112/888)

Relatively & very bad

192 (3.8%)

93.2% (179/192)

130.0 ± 45.1

18.2% (35/192)

Mother-adolescent relationship (missing 17)

 

p =0.71

p <0.001

p <0.001

Very good

3137 (61.3%)

94.1% (2953/3137)

115.4 ± 39.7

6.28% (197/3137)

Relatively good

1353 (26.4%)

93.4% (1263/1353)

125.0 ± 41.7

11.5% (155/1353)

General

522 (10.2%)

93.1% (486/522)

127.8 ± 42.2

12.6% (66/522)

Relatively & very bad

93 (1.8%)

95.7% (89/93)

137.3 ± 44.1

31.12% (29/93)

Parental attitude toward internet use (missing 18)

 

p <0.001

p =0.004

p <0.001

Agree

441 (8.6%)

95.5% (421/441)

119.7 ± 38.4

7.0% (31/441)

Relatively agree

1688 (33.0%)

96.9% (1635/1688)

119.4 ± 33.6

6.3% (107/1688)

General

1437 (28.1%)

93.7% (1346/1437)

120.2 ± 41.2

8.6% (124/1437)

Relatively disagree

1312 (25.6%)

92.2% (1209/1312)

121.7 ± 44.7

11.5% (151/1312)

Strongly disagree

226 (4.4%)

82.7% (187/226)

110.3 ± 59.2

15.5% (35/226)

Adolescent monthly allowance (missing 14)

 

p <0.001

p <0.001

p <0.001

<100 RMB

2776 (54.2%)

92.2% (2561/2776)

112.0 ± 42.3

6.5% (179/2776)

100 ~ 299 RMB

1572 (30.7%)

95.5% (1503/1572)

127.0 ± 37.6

10.6% (167/1572)

300 ~ 599 RMB

541 (10.6%)

97.8% (529/541)

132.0 ± 33.3

12.9% (70/541)

>600 RMB

219 (4.3%)

93.6% (205/219)

132.8 ± 42.6

15.1% (33/219)

  1. aAIA = adolescent internet addiction.
  2. bPrevalence of Internet use: the ratio of the number of adolescents using internet to the number of the whole adolescent sample in that group. Chi-square was used to compare the prevalences of internet-use among different levels of the same family background variable.
  3. cTotal scores: total scores of DRM-52 Scale. ANOVA was used to analyze the differences of total scores of DRM-52 Scale among different levels of the same family background variable.
  4. dPrevalence of AIA: the ratio of the number of internet-addicted adolescents to the number of the whole adolescent sample in that group. Chi-square was used to compare the prevalences of AIA among different levels of the same family background variable.
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