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Table 4 Comparison of the participants with problematic and non-problematic use of SNS/OP

From: A psychometric approach to assessments of problematic use of online pornography and social networking sites based on the conceptualizations of internet gaming disorder

SNS

SNSDQ≥5 (n=24)

SNSDQ<5 (n=676)

 

M

SD

M

SD

t

df

g

Age

23.25

5.39

25.73

8.47

1.423

698

.29

Internet use (h/week)

25.95

15.71

20.78

14.82

-1.678

696

.35

SNS use (h/week)

15.39

10.62

9.13

9.95

-3.017**

696

.63

sIAT score

38.79

5.68

23.02

6.77

-11.265**

698

2.34

BSI total score

16.71

22.12

9.54

16.46

-1.571

23.913a

.43

OP

OPDQ≥5 (n=50)

OPDQ<5 (n=650)

 

M

SD

M

SD

t

df

g

Age

33.92

13.74

32.80

12.49

-.608

698

.09

Internet use (h/week)

26.86

18.06

21.53

15.34

-2.332*

697

.34

OP use (h/week)

8.42

11.40

3.64

5.33

-2.941**

50.667a

.80

sIAT score

36.40

9.04

21.22

6.63

-11.618**

53.127a

2.22

BSI total score

57.44

40.11

23.18

24.75

-5.952**

51.909a

1.31

  1. * = p < .05, ** = p < .01; aWelch’s correction