Further Evidence for the Psychometric Properties of Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT): A Study on a Sample of Israeli-Arab Male Adolescents.
Objectives: In this study, we assessed the psychometric properties of the Hebrew version of the 20-item Internet Addiction Test (IAT). Methods: We had 180 Israeli-Arab male adolescents ranging in age from 12 to 16 (M = 13.92, SD = 1.42) complete the IAT and report their pornography viewing habits, t...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Health Behavior Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 1030 - 1040 |
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