The Relationship of Affective Temperament and Emotional-Behavioral Difficulties to Internet Addiction in Turkish Teenagers

Table 3

Comparison of TEMPS-A and SDQ mean scores of students with and without internet addiction.

	Nonaddicted (mean ± SD)	Addicted (mean ± SD)	𝑃 value
TEMPS-A
Dysthymic	5.9±2.8	6.3±2.9	0.64
Cyclothymic	8.6±4.1	9.9±3.2	0.14
Hyperthymic	11.5±3.8	12.9±3.2	0.08
Irritable	4.9±4.0	6.0±3.4	0.13
Anxious	6.0±4.6	8.3±6.4	0.13
SDQ
Conduct problems	2.6±1.8	3.9±2.3	0.02
Hyperactivity-inattention	3.8±1.9	4.5±1.8	0.10
Emotional symptoms	2.7±2.4	3.7±2.5	0.09
Peer problems	3.6±1.8	3.9±2.1	0.77
Prosocial behaviour	7.3±2.5	7.8±2.0	0.58
Total difficulty score	12.8±5.7	16.1±6.3	0.02

SDQ: the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ); TEMPS-A: the temperament evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Autoquestionnaire.