Factors associated with problematic internet use among a large sample of Lebanese adolescents

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Bivariate analysis with problematic internet use as dependent variable

	Internet addiction test score	Effect size d_cohen	P -value
	Mean ± SD
Gender
Male	39.07 ± 18.62	0.036	0.444
Female	39.73 ± 17.59
Parents status
Living together	39.67 ± 18.44	−0.102	0.130
Separate	37.95 ± 15.04
Smoking status
Yes	44.95 ± 16.47	−0.404	< 0.001
No	37.93 ± 18.21
	Correlation coefficient		P -value
Age	0.052		0.027
House crowding index	−0.012		0.616

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