New Perspectives in Internet Addiction. An Exploratory Study

Name: New Perspectives in Internet Addiction. An Exploratory Study
Brand: Vita e Pensiero
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Articolo

Rivista

STUDI DI SOCIOLOGIA

Fascicolo

STUDI DI SOCIOLOGIA - 2017 - 3

Titolo

New Perspectives in Internet Addiction. An Exploratory Study

Autori

Dario Garcia Rodriguez, Juan Martinez Torvisco

Editore

Vita e Pensiero

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Online da

10-2017

Issn

0039-291X (stampa) | 1827-7896 (digitale)

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The current study aims at a threefold purpose, develop an integrated questionnaire, generate a diagnostic and preventive scale that allows discriminating the addicts who are not, and yield an Internet addiction scale in young people. An on line cross-sectional survey consisting of two studies were carried out. First, one in which 196 people participated was conducted, 70 men and 126 women (age M=25.64; SD=7.24), and a second one in which 290 people, 102 men and 188 women (age M=25.78, SD=8.46) participated. Thus, a depurated 18-item scale presented α=.87 for the whole instrument to measure Internet addiction.