Table 4 Relationship between Internet addiction and the patterns of Internet use of female students at Jouf University, SA, 2017
Degree of Internet addiction | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal (n = 180) | Moderate/severe (n = 190) | ||||
No. | Percent | No. | Percent | ||
Favorite places for using the Internet | 0.815 | ||||
Home | 174 | 96.7 | 176 | 92.6 | |
Cafe | 59 | 32.8 | 68 | 35.8 | |
University | 54 | 30.0 | 58 | 30.5 | |
Main purposes of using the Internet | 0.000* | ||||
Communications | 88 | 48.9 | 87 | 45.8 | |
Information | 60 | 33.3 | 32 | 16.8 | |
Entertainment | 25 | 13.9 | 50 | 26.3 | |
Others | 24 | 13.3 | 32 | 16.8 | |
Devices utilized for Internet access | 0.308 | ||||
Desktop | 3 | 1.7 | 9 | 4.7 | |
Laptop | 31 | 17.2 | 26 | 13.7 | |
Tablets | 7 | 3.9 | 9 | 4.7 | |
Mobile phones | 144 | 80 | 150 | 78.9 | |
Average duration of utilizing the Internet | 0.418 | ||||
< 2 h | 23 | 12.8 | 20 | 10.5 | |
2–4 h | 65 | 36.1 | 60 | 31.6 | |
> 4 h | 92 | 51.1 | 110 | 57.9 | |
Dominant times for utilizing the Internet | 0.003* | ||||
Morning | 14 | 7.8 | 18 | 9.5 | |
Afternoon | 17 | 9.4 | 7 | 3.7 | |
Evening | 103 | 57.2 | 87 | 45.8 | |
Midnight | 46 | 25.6 | 78 | 41.1 | |