Table 3 Transiency of the six excessive behaviors studied, stratified by sex
From: Natural course of behavioral addictions: a 5-year longitudinal study
Reported any number of times | Reported once | Reported twice | Reported three times | Reported four times | Reported five times | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exercise | Males | 159 (100) | 133 (83.6) | 22 (13.8) | 3 (1.9) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Females | 149 (100) | 123 (82.6) | 22 (14.8) | 2 (1.3) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
Total | 308 (100) | 256 (83.1) | 44 (14.3) | 5 (1.6) | 3 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Sex | Males | 167 (100) | 106 (63.5) | 35 (21.0) | 15 (9.0) | 2 (1.2) | 9 (5.4) |
Females | 68 (100) | 54 (79.4) | 13 (19.1) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Total | 235 (100) | 160 (68.1) | 48 (20.4) | 16 (6.8) | 2 (1.0) | 9 (3.8) | |
Shopping | Males | 87 (100) | 64 (73.6) | 13 (14.9) | 8 (9.2) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) |
Females | 338 (100) | 209 (61.8) | 68 (20.1) | 32 (9.5) | 19 (5.6) | 10 (3.0) | |
Total | 425 (100) | 273 (64.2) | 81 (19.1) | 40 (9.4) | 20 (4.7) | 11 (2.6) | |
Online chat | Males | 72 (100) | 51 (70.8) | 13 (18.1) | 4 (5.6) | 4 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) |
Females | 72 (100) | 55 (76.4) | 12 (16.7) | 2 (2.8) | 2 (2.8) | 1 (1.4) | |
Total | 144 (100) | 106 (73.6) | 25 (17.4) | 6 (4.2) | 6 (4.2) | 1 (1.0) | |
Video gaming | Males | 117 (100) | 87 (74.4) | 25 (21.3) | 2 (1.7) | 3 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) |
Females | 84 (100) | 66 (78.6) | 7 (8.3) | 7 (8.3) | 4 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) | |
Total | 201 (100) | 153 (76.1) | 32 (15.9) | 9 (4.5) | 7 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
Eating | Males | 202 (100) | 143 (70.8) | 32 (15.8) | 18 (8.9) | 9 (4.5) | N/A |
Females | 398 (100) | 207 (52.0) | 99 (24.9) | 63 (15.8) | 29 (7.3) | N/A | |
Total | 600 (100) | 350 (58.3) | 131 (21.8) | 81 (13.5) | 38 (6.3) | N/A | |