Table 6 Rate [N (%)] of help seeking in the five waves of data collection
From: Natural course of behavioral addictions: a 5-year longitudinal study
Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | Wave 4 | Wave 5 | Average percent M (SD) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Any kind | Professional | Any kind | Professional | Any kind | Professional | Any kind | Professional | Any kind | Professional | Any kind | Professional | |
Exercise | 8 (25.0) | 7 (21.9) | 5 (26.3) | 4 (21.1) | 5 (38.5) | 5 (38.5) | 8 (72.7) | 8 (72.7) | 6 (46.2) | 4 (30.8) | 45.6 (20.1) | 37.0 (21.2) |
Sex | 5 (13.2) | 5 (13.2) | 2 (8.0) | 1 (4.0) | 4 (14.3) | 2 (7.1) | 2 (8.0) | 2 (8.0) | 3 (13.0) | 2 (8.7) | 11.4 (2.9) | 8.2 (3.3) |
Shopping | 6 (7.6) | 4 (5.1) | 9 (17.3) | 4 (7.7) | 3 (5.8) | 3 (5.8) | 6 (20.0) | 4 (13.3) | 2 (7.7) | 2 (7.7) | 10.3 (6.5) | 7.9 (3.2) |
Online chat | 1 (4.8) | 1 (4.8) | 5 (25.0) | 3 (15.0) | 2 (15.4) | 2 (15.4) | 1 (7.1) | 1 (7.1) | 2 (18.2) | 2 (18.2) | 16 (10.3) | 12.1 (5.8) |
Video gaming | 2 (8.3) | 1 (4.2) | 4 (16.0) | 2 (8.0) | 1 (4.3) | 1 (4.3) | 1 (5.9) | 1 (5.9) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 9.5 (5.9) | 4.5 (2.9) |
Eating | No data | No data | 30 (33.7) | 25 (28.1) | 34 (37.0) | 28 (30.4) | 31 (38.3) | 27 (33.3) | 34 (47.2) | 24 (33.3) | 40.5 (9.5) | 31.3 (2.5) |