Romanian Version of the Internet Addiction Test: Psychometric Properties and Cross-Gender Invariance.
Nowadays, excessive use of the Internet and addiction to it became constant concerns among researchers. The proliferation of this research stream came along with a constant need for valid operationalizations. Our study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) on...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 234 - 247 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=136015012&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 136015012 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15571874 46AW jtl: International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction issn: 15571874 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2019 vid: 17 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 136015012 10.1007/s11469-018-0014-6 ppf: 234 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 503KB tig: atl: Romanian Version of the Internet Addiction Test: Psychometric Properties and Cross-Gender Invariance. aug: au: Tudorel, Otilia Ioana Vintilă, Mona Vlaicu, Luiza Bălăuță, Dănuț Goian, Cosmin Rusu, Andrei affil: Department of Psychology, West University of Timisoara, Vasile Pârvan Blvd., 300223, Timișoara, Romania Department of Social Work, West University of Timisoara, Timișoara, Romania su: Romania Internet addiction Psychometrics Factor analysis Psychological apparatus Test reliability Test validity sug: subj: Internet addiction Psychometrics Romania Factor analysis Psychological apparatus Test reliability Test validity keyword: Internet Addiction Test Measurement invariance Reliability Validity Internet Addiction Test Measurement invariance Reliability Validity ab: Nowadays, excessive use of the Internet and addiction to it became constant concerns among researchers. The proliferation of this research stream came along with a constant need for valid operationalizations. Our study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) on a Romanian sample (n = 421 students). Exploratory factor analysis revealed a two-factor solution: Mental Disorder (α =.78); Time Management Disorder (α =.79). Also, the overall IAT had good reliability (α =.86). Confirmatory factor analysis supported the factorial structure and through multigroup comparisons revealed that the instrument is invariant across genders. Further proofs in support of the IAT's validity were given by the significant associations with social anxiety, social support, and dissociation. Moreover, each scale and also the overall IAT score correlated positively with participants' self-reported time spent online (both during a week's working days and during weekends), and the time spent on the Facebook messenger smartphone application. The study showed that the Romanian version of the IAT has promising psychometric properties and can be successfully used in research regarding excessive Internet use. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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