Research Article
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 | or values | 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 | | |
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