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Assessment of problematic Internet use by the Compulsive Internet Use Scale and the Internet Addiction Test: A sample of problematic and pathological gamblers (2014)
Auteur(s) :
GUERTLER, D. ;
RUMPF, H. J. ;
BISCHOF, A. ;
KASTIRKE, N. ;
PETERSEN, K. U. ;
JOHN, U. ;
MEYER, C.
Année
2014
Page(s) :
75-81
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
46
Domaine :
Addictions sans produit / Addictions without drug
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
PSYCHOMETRIE
;
INTERNET
;
ECHELLE D'EVALUATION
;
TEST
;
ADDICTION
;
JEU PATHOLOGIQUE
;
VALIDITE
Thésaurus géographique
ALLEMAGNE
Résumé :
This study aims to analyze psychometric properties and validity of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) and the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and, second, to determine a threshold for the CIUS which matches the IAT cut-off for detecting problematic Internet use. A total of 292 subjects with problematic or pathological gambling (237 men, 55 women) aged 14-63 years and with private Internet use for at least 1 h per working or weekend day were recruited via different recruitment channels. Results include that both scales were internally consistent (Cronbach's alpha = 0.9) and had satisfactory convergent validity (r = 0.75; 95% CI 0.70-0.80). The correlation with duration of private Internet use per week was significantly higher for the CIUS (r = 0.54) compared to the IAT (r = 0.40). Among all participants, 25.3% were classified as problematic Internet users based on the IAT with a cut-off >= 40. The highest proportion of congruent classified cases results from a CIUS cut-off >= 18 (sensitivity 79.7%, specificity 79.4%). However, a higher cut-off (>= 21) seems to be more appropriate for prevalence estimation of problematic Internet use. (C) 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel
Affiliation :
Institute for Social Medicine and Prevention, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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