Assessing the Reliability, Dimensions, and Variance of Young's Internet Addiction Test by Applying it to Adolescents at the National Psychiatric Hospital in Costa Rica.
Background: The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was the first instrument created specifically to assess Internet addiction (IA). Although it was not validated during its creation, its validity has since been confirmed thanks to subsequent studies. The IAT is the first global psychometric measure teste...
| Publicado en: | Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 598 - 607 |
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Maria Lopez-Ibor
2024
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