Pathological Internet Use—An Important Comorbidity in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Prevalence and Correlation Patterns in a Naturalistic Sample of Adolescent Inpatients

Table 1

Sample characteristics.

Mean age (SD), range	15.1 (1.4)	12–17
Gender
Male	32	25.2%
Female	83	74.8%
Occupation
In school	80	72.1%
Apprenticeship	11	9.9%
Other	20	18.0%
Family status
Parents together	50	45.0%
Parents separated/divorced	55	49.5%
One or both parents deceased	4	3.6%
Data missing	2	1.8%
Psychiatric main diagnosis
Internalizing disorder (F3, F4, F93)	68	61.3%
Externalizing disorder (F90–F92)	12	10.8%
Eating disorder (F66, F50)	28	25.2%
Other (esp. F1, F98)	3	2.7%
History of suicide attempt	26	23.4%
History of nonsuicidal self-injury	45	40.5%