Internet addiction,self-esteem and the validation of the Italian version of the Internet Related Experiences Questionnaire |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China;2. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada;3. Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA;4. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA;5. Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA;6. The Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USA;7. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASAColumbia), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA;1. Molecular Psychology, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Helmholtzstraße 8/1, 89081 Ulm, Germany;2. School of Journalism and Communication, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China;3. Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;4. neuSCAN Laboratory, Clinical Hospital of the Chengdu Brain Science Institute and Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China;1. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Hubei, China;2. Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, China;3. East Zhuyuan Primary School, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China |
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| Abstract: | IntroductionThe continued progression of the digital age raises the question of Internet and social media abuse among adolescents and of the need for more specific assessment instruments to measure the phenomenon.ObjectiveThe purpose of the current study was to explore the role of intrapersonal and interpersonal factors influencing Internet addiction, as well as to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Internet Related Experiences Questionnaire (IREQ-I) in relation to a sample of Italian adolescents.MethodTwo studies were designed. In study 1, a school-based sample of 838 Italian adolescents was recruited to test the psychometric properties of the IREQ-I by using a robust Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). In study 2, a total of 438 Italian adolescents were recruited to investigate the concurrent validity of the instrument.ResultsWe found that intrapersonal rather than interpersonal factors were associated with Internet abuse. The final version of the IREQ-I showed a good level of fit and the bi-factorial solution was consistent with the previous findings.ConclusionThe results of this study suggest that the IREQ-I is a valuable bifactorial instrument for measuring Internet abuse, including both intrapersonal and interpersonal factors as theoretically relevant constructs. |
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| Keywords: | Intrapersonal factors Interpersonal factors Internet addiction Social networking sites Facteurs intrapersonnels Facteurs interpersonnels Addiction à Internet Réseaux sociaux |
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