The internet addiction scale ias was developed by griffiths 1998 and was validated by nichols and nicki 2004 and canan, ataoglu, nichols, yildirim, and ozturk 2010. The internet addiction test 7 introduction the internet addiction test iat. Internet addiction has been recommended for inclusion in dsmv the american psychiatric associations diagnostic and. It assesses five domains of internetrelated problems.
Pdf development of chinese internet addiction scale and. A metaanalysis of the reliabilty of youngs internet. The kscale for internet addiction is a checklist created by psychologists and social scientists in south korea. Psychological aspects of internet addiction of teenagers. A psychometric comparison of the internet addiction test. This and other relationships between digital media use and mental health have been under considerable. It also appears to be the most validated assessment 28 studies in 17 different languages. Young, 1998 was developed to measure the presence and severity of internet and technology dependency among adults. Matthias brand, theoretical models of the development and maintenance of internet addiction, internet addiction, 10. The aim of this study was to establish the optimal cutoff points of the chen internet addiction scale cias, to screen for and diagnose internet addiction among adolescents in the community by using the wellestablished diagnostic criteria of internet addiction.
Cyber sexual addiction, cyberrelational addiction, net compulsions, information overload, and computer addiction. The relationship between internet addiction and anxiety. Psychometric properties of the 7item game addiction scale. This study evaluated 1 the screening, diagnostic, and prevalenceestimated cutoff points of the chen internet addiction scale gaming version ciasg for igd in the dsm5. As a growing cultural and clinical phenomenon, internet addiction is viewed as a new clinical disorder requiring assessment and treatment. It is important to understand that there are five specific types of internet addiction.
The rapid and unfettered increase in the number of people accessing a relatively unrestricted internet substantially increases the possibility. Internet addiction disorder iad also known as problematic internet use or pathological internet use is generally defined as problematic, compulsive use of the internet, that results in significant impairment in an individuals function in various life domains over a prolonged period of time. Emcdda insights models of addiction 14 about the emcdda the european monitoring centre for drugs and drug addiction emcdda is one of the european unions decentralised agencies. This study investigated the association between the internet addiction test iat and the mobile phone dependence. Established in 1993 and based in lisbon, it is the central source of comprehensive information on drugs and drug addiction in europe.
Pdf reports about excessive internet use, possibly amounting to an. Other questionnaires include the chen internet addiction scale cias yen et al. The chen internet addiction scale 17 is a selfreport instrument composed of 26 items rated on a 4point likert scale adapted in table 4. Internet addiction diagnostic questionnaire young, 1998b, 1998a, chen et al. Both have a high level of reliability and here the short version is presented. Learn about the five types of internet addiction and take our internet addiction test. Problematic use of the internet and selfregulation serval. Full text clinical psychology of internet addiction.
Health, addiction is a psychological or a physical dependence on something 1. The internet addiction test young, 1998 emerged as the most frequently used scale for internet addiction bowen and firestone, 2011, frangos et al. Internet addiction disorder diagnostic criteria iaddc by goldberg in 1995 56 is the rst scale on ia, found in literature. Internet addiction, while not yet officially codified within a psychopathological framework, is growing both in prevalence and within the public consciousness as a potentially problematic condition with many parallels to existing recognized disorders. Withdrawal psychomotor agitation, anxiety, obsessive thinking or fantasies about internet, or typing movements after cessation of internet use or using internet to relieve withdrawal symptoms 3. In order to measure the internet addiction components in s2, the 16item selfreport assessment for internet and computer game addiction scale aicas. The concurrent validity of the internet addiction test iat plos. The long version has 21 questions and the short version only 7. The prevalence, risk, theory and presenting problem of internet.
The chen internet addiction scale cias has been widely used in taiwan 12. Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the internet addiction. Internet addiction, the bergen facebook addiction scale was specifically developed in order to assess this behavior using the aforementioned addiction criteria andreassen et al. A frequently used questionnaire is the internet addiction test iat by. Later a widely used 20item, quantitative, assessment. Bonaventure university and director of the center for internet addiction recovery, developed the iat to assess symptoms of internet addiction and compulsivity in a.
The 1998 version of the abovementioned questionnaire was used in this study. According to the scores of the ksscale total and subscales, students were classified into high risk for internet addiction, potential risk for internet addiction, and general user groups. The relationship between addictive use of social media. An empirical study on cutoff points for the chen internet addiction scale article pdf available in the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences 2112. Selfcontrol and its relationship with the internet. Both cross crosslinguistic validation and validation in french and german is needed in adult samples. The reason the kscale for internet addiction is noted is because of the high rate of internet use in korea, where it is estimated that about 30% of kids under the age of 18 are at risk for becoming.
Internet addiction is a broad term covering a widevariety of behaviors and impulsecontrol problems. Epidemiology of internet behaviors and addiction among adolescents in six asian countries. Research into internet addiction ia has grown rapidly over the last decade. The emergence of students behavioral addiction to the internet is becoming an issue that. Adaptation of internet addiction scale in azerbaijani language eric. Internet addiction research measures, the internet addiction test iat and the internetrelated problem scale irps, along with a selfdiagnostic question simply asking internet users if they thought they were addicted to the internet. The revised chen internet addiction scale ciasr was developed to assess internet addiction in chinese populations, but its psychometric properties in adolescents have not been examined. The ksscale consisted of 20 items scored with a fourpoint likert scale 1. Computer game addiction there are five aspects of internet addiction noted by shaw and black 2008. Two samples of men from french n 3318 and german n 2665 language areas of. Pdf psychometric properties of the revised chen internet.
Just logging onto the internet to check your favorite news sites, update your facebook status, or play candy crush saga doesn. Psychometric properties of the internet addiction test in chinese adolescents. Have you struggled to cut back the amount of time you spend on the web. The present research endeavor, as the first empirical study, qualifies as a pilot study in azerbaijan to help accurately determine internet addicts. A psychometric evaluation of bergen facebook addiction. The questionnaire of experiences related to internet has been validated in spain 14, the compulsive internet use scale cius in holland 15, and. Predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for internet. Pdf the german version of the internet addiction test. The 7item game addiction scale gas is a used to screen for addictive game use. This study aimed to evaluate the factor structure and psychometric properties of ciasr in hong kong chinese adolescents. In other words, the adapted scale is intended as a tool to help define the internet addicts in. So when analyzing the results according to the scale of internet addiction by a. An interesting aspect is the role of both alexithymia and dissociation in internet addiction. The internet addiction components model and personality.
Academic use of the internet was originally intended for learning and research. The city of volos was found with the highest internet addiction rates 30. The objective of the study is to assess the factorial structure of the french and german versions of the gas among adults. What is kscale for internet addiction korea scale for. Psychometric properties of the revised chen internet. However, there is no significant association between internet addiction among. Take the following quiz to find out whether you may be suffering from an addiction to. Internet addiction quiz selfassessment kids, teens, and gaming disorder. Encephalos 49, 6772, 2012 adolescents and internet.
Kscale for internet addiction korea scale for internet addiction. Young, 1998 is a 20item scale that measures the presence and severity of internet dependency among adults. Tolerance increased amounts of time on internet to achieve satisfaction 2. A psychometric evaluation of bergen facebook addiction scale bfas of university students. The internet has become one of the most important information resources for adolescents.
The psychometric properties of youngs internet addiction scale include the following characteristics. Moreover, there is a significant of gender difference in internet addiction, t 118 2. Zhichkina 2004 there were no respondents with internet addiction in the strict sense of the term. Although the scale has demonstrated reliable and valid psychometric properties across. In a previous study, caretti, craparo and schimmenti 2010 verified that the pathological dissociative mechanisms are the best predictors of internet abuse beta.
Proceedings of the world congress on engineering 2012 vol i wce 2012, july 4 6, 2012, london, u. This is a diagnostic tool used in clinical settings and uses a 5point likert scale ranging from 0 not at all or never to 4 very strongly. Surveys in the united states and europe have indicated that prevalence rates of internet addiction are as high as 8. The clinical utility of the chen internet addiction scale. While time is not a direct function in defining internet addiction, generally addicted users are likely to use the internet anywhere from forty to eighty hours per week. Is there an internet addiction and what distinguishes it from. Kscale korea scale is a checklist for diagnosing and evaluating internet addiction. Could you be addicted to connecting to the internet with your pc or smart phone. Addiction to new technologies as configured by a study of the greek company for the study of internet addiction, reached the levels of 11%16% for the year 2008. It assesses five domains of internet related problems. The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition dsm5 includes the diagnostic criteria for internet gaming disorder igd.
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