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Table 1 Pearson correlations between the interested variables with the Japanese Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) and Internet Addiction Test (IAT)

From: The validity and psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS)

 

CIUS

IAT

Technology concern (TC)

 Total time spent on private Internet use

.279a

.282a

 Number of ways for Internet access

.172a

.209a

TC1- motivation

 Official use

.095b

.125a

 Stress release

.476a

.417a

 Kill Time

.408a

.363a

 Communication

.250a

.227a

 Net-friends

.324a

.354a

 Information Seeking

.135a

.141a

 Sharing interest

.367a

.380a

 Sharing/discussion of personal problems

.382a

.367a

 Local SNS

.289a

.264a

TC2- Application

 Romance Site

.183a

.226a

 Porno Site

.207a

.232a

 2-Channel/BBS

.393a

.430a

 Blogging/SNS

.272a

.320a

 Information release/upload

.266a

.288a

 Digital download

.266a

.292a

 P2P/FTP

.206a

.189a

 Online game

.187a

.200a

 Online survey

0.052

0.044

 Online banking

0.047

0.068

 Online shopping

.205a

.189a

Mental Health

 K6 (Anxiety/Depression)

.389a

.450a

 UCLA Loneliness

.261a

.284a

  1. aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
  2. bCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)