Prevalence and Correlates of Video and Internet Gaming Addiction among Hong Kong Adolescents: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Comparison of sociodemographic and family- and school-related variables between boys and girls.

	Girls		Boys		𝑟 or 𝑥^2 values	𝑃 values
	M	SD	M	SD
Age	14.54	1.42	14.62	1.35	0.598	0.550
	N	%	N	%
Subjects	254	50.5	249	49.5
Grade					1.29	0.732
Grade 8	71	28.7	60	25.1
Grade 9	81	30.0	81	33.9
Grade 10	47	19.0	43	18.0
Grade 11	55	22.3	55	23.0
Academic performance					2.163	0.339
Good or very good	51	20.2	43	17.3
Fair	162	64.3	155	62.5
Poor or very poor	39	15.5	50	20.2
Marital status of parents					1.214	0.545
In marriage	203	80.9	193	78.5
Separated or divorced	42	16.7	43	17.5
One parent passed away	6	2.4	10	4.1
Father^’s education					0.88	0.644
Primary school level	35	14.6	37	15.6
Secondary school level	186	77.8	177	74.7
College level or above	18	7.5	23	9.7
Mother^’s education					0.077	0.962
Primary school level	42	17.2	40	16.9
Secondary school level	187	76.6	181	76.4
College level or above	15	6.1	16	6.8
Family^’s economic status					7.52	0.111
Rather wealthy	2	0.8	3	1.2
Medium wealthy	28	11.4	30	12.2
Medium	170	69.1	143	58.4
Medium low	36	14.6	57	23.3
Rather poor	10	4.1	12	4.9
Perceived family harmony					0.216	0.897
Very good or good	111	43.9	104	42.3
General	114	45.1	112	45.5
Bad or very bad	28	11.1	30	12.2
Teacher relations					2.147	0.342
Very good or good	157	62.5	164	66.9
General	83	33.1	67	27.3
Bad or very bad	11	4.4	14	5.7
Classmate relations					3.614	0.164
Very good or good	194	77.3	171	70.1
General	51	20.3	63	25.8
Bad or very bad	6	2.4	10	4.1
Number of close friends					16.563	<0.001
2 or fewer	79	31.5	71	28.7
3 to 6	152	60.6	125	50.6
7 or more	20	8	51	20.6
Stress level					2.199	0.333
Much	54	21.3	57	23.1
A little	147	58.1	128	51.8
None	52	20.6	62	25.1
Loneliness level					1.663	0.435
Much	35	13.8	43	17.4
A little	121	47.6	119	48.2
None	98	38.6	85	34.4
Ownership of computer					9.489	0.009
Personal use	95	37.8	99	40.2
Shared with others	154	61.4	134	54.5
None	2	0.8	13	5.3
Ownership of tablet					0.059	0.971
Personal use	38	15.6	37	14.9
Shared with others	68	27.9	69	27.7
None	138	56.6	143	57.4
Use of mobile phone					7.337	0.062
Smartphone	238	93.7	220	88.4
Ordinary mobile phone	9	3.5	12	4.8
None	3	1.2	13	5.2