Internet gaming disorder behaviours: a preliminary exploration of individualism and collectivism profiles

BMC Psychiatry

Table 6 CA and CN gamers’ differences in terms of their IGD behaviors

		Statistic	df	p	Mean difference	SE difference	Cohen’s d
Z-IGDTotal	Student’s t	3.76^a	1030	< .001	0.369	0.0982	0.372
Z-IGDTotal	Welch’s t	3.04	131	0.003	0.369	0.122	0.372
Z-IGD_Q1: Preoccupation	Student’s t	2.74^a	1030	0.006	0.271	0.0988	0.272
Z-IGD_Q1: Preoccupation	Welch’s t	2.55	139	0.012	0.271	0.106	0.272
Z-IGD_Q2: Withdrawal Symptoms	Student’s t	2.82^a	1030	0.005	0.279	0.0988	0.279
Z-IGD_Q2: Withdrawal Symptoms	Welch’s t	2.62	139	0.010	0.279	0.106	0.279
Z-IGD_Q3: Tolerance	Student’s t	2.30^a	1030	0.021	0.227	0.0986	0.228
Z-IGD_Q3: Tolerance	Welch’s t	1.99	134	0.049	0.227	0.114	0.228
Z-IGD_Q4: Relapse	Student’s t	3.95^a	1030	< .001	0.388	0.0983	0.390
Z-IGD_Q4: Relapse	Welch’s t	3.31	133	0.001	0.388	0.117	0.390
Z-IGD_Q5: Loss of Interest	Student’s t	2.37^a	1030	0.018	0.234	0.0985	0.235
Z-IGD_Q5: Loss of Interest	Welch’s t	1.99	133	0.049	0.234	0.117	0.235
Z-IGD_Q6: Conflicts with others	Student’s t	3.87^a	1030	< .001	0.380	0.0981	0.383
Z-IGD_Q6: Conflicts with others	Welch’s t	3.43	136	< .001	0.380	0.111	0.383
ZIGD_Q7: Deception	Student’s t	2.06^a	1030	0.040	0.204	0.0989	0.204
ZIGD_Q7: Deception	Welch’s t	1.71	132	0.090	0.204	0.119	0.204
ZIGD_Q8: Escapism/Mood Modification	Student’s t	1.24	1030	0.215	0.123	0.0989	0.123
ZIGD_Q8: Escapism/Mood Modification	Welch’s t	1.17	139	0.246	0.123	0.105	0.123
ZIGD_Q9: Functional Impairment	Student’s t	2.50^a	1030	0.013	0.247	0.0988	0.247
ZIGD_Q9: Functional Impairment	Welch’s t	1.99	130	0.049	0.247	0.124	0.247

^a Levene’s test is significant (p < .05), suggesting a violation of the assumption of equal variances

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