Research Article

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

Table 5

Psychometric data.

Non-PIU ()PIU ()Effect size value
Mean(SD)Mean(SD)

AIDA
 Diffusion (total score)104.1(40.4)123.6(41.1)0.58.250.005
 Discontinuity48.0(17.2)55.5(19.8)0.45.480.021
 Incoherence56.1(25.3)68.1(25.1)0.58.620.004
SCID-II (dimensional scores)
 PD cluster A1.18(0.19)1.26(0.22)0.43.040.084
 PD cluster B1.17(0.13)1.25(0.20)0.54.50.036
 PD cluster C1.39(0.27)1.42(0.28)0.10.550.58
YSR and CBCL (scales with
significant group differences
shown)
 YSR
  Attention problems (score)6.8(3.9)8.8(4.3)0.54.200.043
  YSR TOT59.7(27.2)66.3(25.3)0.22.240.138
 CBCL
  Withdrawn/depressed6.9(3.2)9.4(3.2)0.813.920.001
  CBCL TOT57.9(27.5)60.6(20.3)0.10.970.329

: all values after controlling for gender.