Internet Consequences Questionnaire: A Pilot Study.
As internet use has become nearly ubiquitous, problems related to internet use have become more pervasive. Identifying factors that promote internet use is an important first step in developing effective interventions. The preliminary Internet Consequences Questionnaire (ICQ-P) is a new functional b...
| Published in: | Psychological Record Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 139 - 145 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=176384419&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 176384419 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00332933 PSD jtl: Psychological Record issn: 00332933 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2024 vid: 74 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 176384419 10.1007/s40732-024-00594-0 ppf: 139 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 773KB tig: atl: Internet Consequences Questionnaire: A Pilot Study. aug: au: Kyonka, Elizabeth G. E. Naidu, Rinisha Torres, Ezekiel Garcia, Salma affil: https://ror.org/027bzz146 East Bay, Department of Psychology, California State University, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, 94542, Hayward, CA, USA su: Internet Reinforcement (Psychology) Psychology students Behavioral assessment Pilot projects sug: subj: Internet Reinforcement (Psychology) Psychology students Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals Wired Telecommunications Carriers Behavioral assessment Pilot projects keyword: Functional assessment Internet addiction Internet consequences questionnaire Negative reinforcement Problematic internet use Self-report University students Functional assessment Internet addiction Internet consequences questionnaire Negative reinforcement Problematic internet use Self-report University students ab: As internet use has become nearly ubiquitous, problems related to internet use have become more pervasive. Identifying factors that promote internet use is an important first step in developing effective interventions. The preliminary Internet Consequences Questionnaire (ICQ-P) is a new functional behavioral assessment that measures the degree to which people's internet use is maintained by six different behavioral functions. In this pilot study, 61 psychology students completed the ICQ-P and a brief measure of problematic internet use, the Young Diagnostic Questionnaire (YDQ). Students with YDQ scores < 3 endorsed items related to attention and escape from demand more than other items. Students with YDQ scores ≥ 3 endorsed sensory reinforcement, demand, social avoidance, and private events more than students with lower YDQ scores. They also endorsed escape from demand and private events more than any other behavioral functions. The variability in responses to the ICQ-P and the systematic differences in responses of students with high and low YDQ scores provide evidence that the ICQ-P can be used to investigate possible functional relations. Thus, the ICQ-P may be useful in informing targeted interventions that address the specific reinforcement dynamics identified in individual cases of people seeking to change their internet use. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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