Assessing behavioral patterns of Internet addiction and drug abuse among high school students

Figures & data

Table 1 Frequency of sociodemographic characteristics of participants (N=385)

Variable	n (%)
Gender
Male	194 (50.4)
Female	191 (49.6)
Type of school
Free public school	296 (76.9)
Private school	89 (23.1)
Fields of education
Math and physics	74 (19.2)
Experimental sciences	75 (19.5)
Humanities and literature	72 (18.7)
Applied sciences	164 (42.6)
Family residence
Rural	64 (16.6)
Urban	321 (83.4)
Mother’s level of education
Primary school	114 (29.6)
High school	197 (51.1)
Undergraduate	74 (19.3)
Father’s level of education
Primary school	63 (16.4)
High school	206 (53.5)
Undergraduate	116 (30.1)

Table 2 Distribution of the IAT (N=385)

No	Question	Answer options, n (%)
		Never and rarely	Occasionally and frequently	Often and always
1	How often do you find that you stay on-line longer than you intended?	131 (34.02)	167 (43.37)	87 (22.59)
2	How often do you neglect household chores to spend more time on-line?	171 (44.41)	138 (35.84)	76 (19.74)
3	How often do you prefer the excitement of the Internet to intimacy with your partner?	187 (48.57)	119 (30.90)	79 (20.51)
4	How often do you form new relationships with fellow on-line users?	186 (48.31)	118 (30.64)	81 (21.03)
5	How often do others in your life complain to you about the amount of time you spend on-line?	177 (45.97)	127 (32.98)	81 (21.03)
6	How often do your grades or school work suffers because of the amount of time you spend on-line?	183 (47.53)	138 (35.84)	64 (16.62)
7	How often do you check your email before something else that you need to do?	226 (58.70)	102 (26.49)	57 (14.80)
8	How often does your job performance or productivity suffer because of the Internet?	200 (51.94)	145 (37.66)	40 (10.38)
9	How often do you become defensive or secretive when anyone asks you what you do on-line?	216 (56.10)	108 (28.05)	61 (15.84)
10	How often do you block out disturbing thoughts about your life with soothing thoughts of the Internet?	136 (35.32)	151 (39.22)	98 (25.45)
11	How often do you find yourself anticipating when you will go on-line again?	155 (40.25)	149 (38.70)	81 (21.03)
12	How often do you fear that life without the Internet would be boring, empty, and joyless?	224 (58.18)	97 (25.19)	64 (16.62)
13	How often do you snap, yell, or act annoyed if someone bothers you while you are on-line?	213 (55.32)	117 (30.38)	55 (14.28)
14	How often do you lose sleep due to late-night log-ins?	191 (49.61)	105 (27.27)	89 (23.11)
15	How often do you feel preoccupied with the Internet when off-line, or fantasize about being on-line?	170 (44.15)	136 (35.32)	79 (20.51)
16	How often do you find yourself saying “just a few more minutes” when on-line?	171 (44.41)	127 (32.98)	87 (22.59)
17	How often do you try to cut down the amount of time you spend on-line and fail?	152 (39.48)	143 (37.14)	90 (23.37)
18	How often do you try to hide how long you’ve been on-line?	216 (56.10)	119 (30.90)	50 (12.98)
19	How often do you choose to spend more time on-line over going out with others?	219 (56.88)	107 (27.79)	59 (15.32)
20	How often do you feel depressed, moody or nervous when you are off-line, which goes away once you are back on-line?	219 (56.88)	107 (27.79)	59 (15.32)

Abbreviation: IAT, Internet Addiction Test.

Table 3 Comparing sociodemographic variables and Internet addiction (N=385)

Variable	Level of Internet addiction (%)		p-valuea
	Moderate	Severe
Gender
Male	25.25	4.12	0.912
Female	25.13	3.14
Family residence
Rural	24.29	3.73	0.25
Urban	29.68	3.12
Type of school
Free public school	25	3.71	0.364
Private school	25.84	3.37
Fields of education
Math and physics	18.91	2.7
Experimental sciences	28	4	0.777
Humanities and literature	27.77	1.38
Vocational	29.06	4.65
Technical	21.79	5.12
Mother’s level of education
Primary	40.34	3.85	0.009
High school	26.08	4.34
Undergraduate	33.78	6.75
Father’s level of education
Primary	47.9	3.17	0.426
High school	23.68	3.5
Undergraduate	28.44	6.89

Note:

a Multivariate logistic regression analysis.

Table 4 Distribution of the questions of AAS (N=385)

Question	Answer options
	Correct, n (%)	False, n (%)
I have noticed that when I am busy doing something my hand shakes	178 (46.2)	207 (53.8)
I’ve never run afoul of the law	300 (77.9)	85 (22.1)
My parents and family members are complaining too much about me	132 (34.3)	253 (65.7)
I remember to get rid of the cobwebs, I made myself sick	116 (30.1)	269 (69.9)
Never without a prescription, I do not use drugs or sleeping pills	253 (65.7)	132 (34.3)
To reduce the problems and concerns, talking to others is more suitable than using drugs	307 (79.7)	78 (20.3)

Note: Analyzed by descriptive statistics.

Abbreviation: AAS, Addiction Acknowledgement Scale.

Table 5 Prone to abusing substances in terms of sociodemographic variables (N=385)

Variable	Prone to abusing substances	p-value
Gender
Male	8.24	0.36*
Female	8.37
Type of school
Free public school	9.79	0.58*
Private school	3.37
Field of education
Math and physics	5.4
Experimental sciences	9.33	0.64#
Humanities and literature	12.5
Technical	7.69
Vocational	6.97
Family residence
Rural	15.62	0.3*
Urban	6.85
Mother’s level of education
Primary school	7	0.61#
High school	9.26
Undergraduate	6.75
Father’s level of education
Primary school	9.52	0.3#
High school	8.93
Undergraduate	6.03

Notes:

* p for independent t-test.

# p for analysis of variance.