| Literature DB >> 30721847 |
Yamikani Ndasauka1, Adnan Pitafi2, Grivas M Kayange3.
Abstract
Internet Addiction Disorder is characterized by excessive or poorly controlled obsessions, cravings, or manners regarding Internet use that lead to real life conflicts. In this study assessed psychometric properties of Internet Addiction Scale in Urdu. Data were collected from 506 participants and were analyzed using SPSS v23. We found 4 factors which were named; salience, conflict, tolerance and mood modification. These factors showed strong correlation among them. Further the items in the factors are comparable to other studies. The IAT was found to be psychometrically sound for measuring internet addiction among Urdu speaking population.Entities:
Keywords: Internet Addiction Test; Internet addiction; Psychometric properties; Urdu language
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Year: 2019 PMID： 30721847 DOI： 10.1016/j.ajp.2019.01.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Asian J Psychiatr ISSN： 1876-2018