Background
Methods
Design and study population
Ethical issues
Measurements
Item wording | Statements | Response keys |
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How much do you agree or disagree in the following statements on computer gaming? | 1. I think I spend way too much time playing computer games | 1. Strongly agree |
2. Partly agree | ||
2. I get in bad mood when I cannot spend time on computer games | 3. Neither/nor | |
4. Partly disagree | ||
3. My parents tell me, I spend way too much time on computer gaming | 5. Strongly disagree | |
How much do you agree or disagree in the following statements on use of the Internet for surfing and chatting (not for homework)? | 4. I think I spend way too much time on internet communication and surfing | 1. Strongly agree |
2. Partly agree | ||
5. I get in bad mood when I cannot spend time on internet communication and surfing | 3. Neither/nor | |
4. Partly disagree | ||
6. My parents say, that I spend way too much time on internet communication and surfing | 5. Strongly disagree | |
How much do you agree or disagree in the following statements on console-gaming (PlayStation, Xbox, GameCube etc)? | 7. I think I spend way too much time on console-gaming | 1. Strongly agree |
2. Partly agree | ||
8. I get in bad mood when I cannot spend time on console-gaming | 3. Neither/nor | |
4. Partly disagree | ||
9. My parents tell me, I spend way too much time on console-gaming | 5. Strongly disagree | |
In your leisure time: about how many hours a day do you usually spend playing computer or console games (PlayStation, Xbox, GameCube etc.)? | 1. None at all*)
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2. About ½ an hour a day, | ||
3. About 1 hour a day | ||
4. About 2 hours a day, | ||
Responses were given separately for weekdays and weekends; we only use data about weekdays | ||
5. About 3 hours a day | ||
6. About 4 hours a day | ||
7. About 5 hours a day | ||
8. About 6 hours a day, | ||
9. About 7 hours or more a day | ||
In your free time: about how many hours a day do you usually use a computer for chatting on the internet: internet surfing, e-mailing or doing homework? | 1. None at all**)
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2. About ½ an hour a day, | ||
3. About 1 hour a day | ||
4. About 2 hours a day, | ||
5. About 3 hours a day | ||
Responses were given separately for weekdays and weekends; we only use data about weekdays | ||
6. About 4 hours a day | ||
7. About 5 hours a day | ||
8. About 6 hours a day, | ||
9. About 7 hours or more a day |
Statistical analyses
Results
Item | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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1. I think I spend way too much time playing computer games | 1.00 | 0.37 | 0.63 | 0.30 | 0.09 | 0.23 | 0.40 | 0.24 | 0.30 |
2. I get in bad mood when I cannot spend time on computer games | 1.00 | 0.47 | 0.16 | 0.40 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.49 | 0.31 | |
3. My parents tell me, I spend way too much time on computer gaming | 1.00 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.41 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.42 | ||
4. I think I spend way too much time on internet communication and surfing | 1.00 | 0.46 | 0.57 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.15 | |||
5. I get in bad mood when I cannot spend time on internet communication and surfing | 1.00 | 0.52 | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.17 | ||||
6. My parents say, that I spend way too much time on internet communication and surfing | 1.00 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.29 | |||||
7. I think I spend way too much time on console-gaming | 1.00 | 0.57 | 0.68 | ||||||
8. I get in bad mood when I cannot spend time on console-gaming | 1.00 | 0.63 | |||||||
9. My parents tell me, I spend way too much time on console-gaming | 1.00 |
Girls | Boys | |||||||
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All girls n = 1069 | 5th grade n = 389 | 7th grade n = 397 | 9th grade n = 283 | All boys n = 1031 | 5th grade n = 366 | 7th grade n = 378 | 9th grade n = 287 | |
Gaming on computer or console: hours per weekday
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
0 hour | 38.5 | 20.1 | 38.3 | 64.0 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 12.2 |
½ hour | 26.9 | 37.8 | 23.4 | 16.6 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 14.6 | 13.2 |
1 hour | 18.3 | 24.9 | 17.4 | 10.6 | 21.1 | 24.9 | 20.4 | 17.1 |
2 hours | 8.2 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 3.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 21.2 | 19.5 |
3+ hours | 6.2 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 3.9 | 31.5 | 26.2 | 33.6 | 35.5 |
Missing | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 2.4 |
Internet use: hours per weekday
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0 hour | 10.5 | 20.3 | 6.8 | 2.1 | 14.4 | 28.4 | 10.6 | 1.4 |
½ hour | 24.0 | 33.7 | 20.4 | 15.6 | 27.2 | 32.5 | 25.9 | 22.0 |
1 hour | 26.4 | 27.0 | 24.4 | 28.3 | 22.1 | 18.0 | 25.7 | 22.7 |
2 hours | 20.0 | 11.8 | 24.4 | 25.1 | 16.0 | 11.2 | 15.9 | 22.3 |
3+ hours | 17.0 | 5.4 | 20.7 | 27.9 | 17.8 | 6.6 | 20.6 | 28.6 |
Missing | 2.2 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
Family social class
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High | 42.4 | 40.9 | 43.6 | 42.8 | 43.6 | 40.7 | 45.0 | 45.3 |
Middle | 27.6 | 23.7 | 29.2 | 30.7 | 25.6 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 28.2 |
Low | 16.2 | 16.2 | 15.4 | 17.3 | 12.7 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 13.2 |
Non-classifiable | 12.3 | 18.0 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 16.1 | 21.9 | 13.8 | 11.9 |
Missing | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.4 |
Migration status
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Natives | 82.0 | 84.1 | 82.1 | 78.8 | 83.2 | 83.6 | 83.3 | 82.6 |
Migrants | 5.1 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 7.0 |
Descendants | 12.4 | 11.6 | 10.8 | 15.6 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 9.4 |
Missing | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Family structure
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Traditional | 53.8 | 53.2 | 53.9 | 54.4 | 56.7 | 60.7 | 53.7 | 55.8 |
Single | 20.2 | 19.3 | 21.9 | 19.1 | 20.0 | 16.9 | 20.1 | 23.7 |
Reconstructed | 10.4 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 13.8 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 10.1 |
Other | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
Missing | 14.7 | 18.5 | 13.1 | 11.7 | 15.0 | 16.1 | 18.0 | 9.8 |
Girls | Boys | |||||||
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All girls n = 1069 | 5th grade n = 389 | 7th grade n = 397 | 9th grade n = 283 | All boys n = 1031 | 5th grade n = 366 | 7th grade n = 378 | 9th grade n = 287 | |
Computer gaming, % strongly + partly agree:
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I think I spend way too much time playing computer games
| 13.5 | 19.8 | 12.6 | 6.0 | 25.9 | 24.6 | 24.9 | 28.9 |
I get in bad mood when I cannot spend time on computer games
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 12.2 |
My parents tell me, I spend way too much time on computer gaming
| 11.3 | 14.9 | 11.6 | 6.0 | 32.2 | 26.5 | 34.1 | 36.9 |
Index for problems related to computer gaming
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0 | 79.1 | 71.2 | 79.9 | 88.7 | 56.4 | 59.3 | 55.8 | 53.3 |
1 | 13.2 | 18.8 | 12.3 | 6.7 | 21.6 | 22.1 | 22.8 | 19.5 |
2 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 18.1 | 15.3 | 17.2 | 23.0 |
3 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Console-gaming, % strongly + partly agree:
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I think I spend way too much time on console-gaming
| 3.7 | 6.9 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 8.7 |
I get in bad mood when I cannot spend time on console-gaming
| 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 5.0 | 7.3 |
My parents tell me, I spend way too much time on console-gaming
| 2.7 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 10.9 | 10.1 |
Index for problems related to console-gaming
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0 | 94.4 | 90.5 | 96.0 | 97.5 | 82.3 | 80.9 | 82.3 | 84.0 |
1 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 11.4 | 8.4 |
2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
3 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
Internet use, % strongly + partly agree:
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I think I spend way too much time on internet communication and surfing
| 18.2 | 11.8 | 20.4 | 24.0 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 15.7 |
I get in bad mood when I cannot spend time on internet communication and surfing
| 13.8 | 7.2 | 16.4 | 19.1 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 9.3 | 11.5 |
My parents tell me, that I spend way too much time on internet communication and surfing
| 15.3 | 8.2 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 14.4 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 19.2 |
Index for problems related to Internet use
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0 | 70.1 | 82.5 | 64.7 | 60.4 | 76.3 | 81.2 | 76.5 | 70.0 |
1 | 16.6 | 9.5 | 19.7 | 21.9 | 13.7 | 11.2 | 14.6 | 15.7 |
2 | 9.4 | 6.2 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 12.2 |
3 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
OR for problems related to computer gaminga
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Time spend on weekdays on computer or console gaming
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Girls
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Boys
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n = 1016 | n = 967 | |
Level 1 (lowest) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Level 2 | 2.45 (0.99-6.01) | 1.74 (0.89-3.39) |
Level 3 | 9.51 (4.35-20.79) | 6.90 (3.98-11.94) |
OR for problems related to console gaming
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Time spend on weekdays on computer or console gaming
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Girls
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Boys
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n = 1016 | n = 967 | |
Level 1 (lowest) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Level 2 | 1.49 (0.44-4.99) | 4.61 (1.27-16.81) |
Level 3 | 1.37 (0.43-4.42) | 10.23 (3.12-33.51) |
OR for problems related to computer communication and surf
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Time spend on weekdays on computer communication and surf
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Girls
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Boys
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n = 1014 | n = 968 | |
Level 1 (lowest) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Level 2 | 2.15 (1.04-4.41) | 2.03 (0.86-4.79) |
Level 3 | 8.89 (4.72-16.75) | 9.44 (4.72-18.88) |