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Table 1 Demographic and behavioral characteristics of the included participants

From: Voxel-level comparison of arterial spin-labeled perfusion magnetic resonance imaging in adolescents with internet gaming addiction

 

Adolescent with

Control group

P value

 

internet gaming

(n = 18)

 
 

addiction

  
 

group (n = 15)

  
 

(Mean ± SD)

(Mean ± SD)

 

Age (years)

16.93 ± 2.34

16.33 ± 2.61

0.50

Gender (M/F)

13/2

14/4

0.67

Education (years)

9.53 ± 2.17

9.56 ± 3.01

0.98

Hours of Internet use per week

25.47 ± 17.89

9.28 ± 12.90

<0.0001

Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS)

66.73 ± 3.01

40.50 ± 8.42

<0.0001

Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)

44.33 ± 5.72

41.17 ± 4.45

0.08

Self-rating depression scale (SDS)

50.20 ± 7.55

50.06 ± 7.26

0.96

BIS-11 Attentional key

14.80 ± 2.65

13.06 ±2.34

0.05

    Motor key

19.67 ± 3.90

18.11 ±2.70

0.18

    Non-planning key

26.67 ± 3.15

23.94 ± 3.02

<0.0001

    total score

61.13 ± 7.61

55.11 ± 5.92

0.02

  1. Abbreviation: SD standard deviation, CIAS Chen Internet Addiction Scale, SAS Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, SDS Self-rating depression scale, BIS-11 Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11.
  2. Two-sample t test was used for group comparisons but chi-square was used for gender comparison.