Casasa, José A., Ruiz-Olivares, Rosario and Ortega-Ruiz, Rosario (2013) Validation of the internet and social networking experiences questionnaire in Spanish adolescents. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 13 (1). pp. 40-48. ISSN 1697-2600 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1697-2600(13)70006-1)

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to validate the Internet Related Experiences Questionnaire (IREQ) with a sample of 525 participants from Compulsory Secondary Education, considering the possible addiction to the internet from both interpersonal and intrapersonal dimensions. Besides, associations between CERI scores and several variables such as sex, age as well as selfesteem were analyzed. Results show a good fit of the questionnaire through a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), where the interpersonal factor explains a higher percentage of the variance at the expense of the intrapersonal factor. Statistically significant differences between IREQ scores and age and a lineal positive association between self-esteem and possible interpersonal addiction to the internet were found. The possibility of these results to be affected by the social use of the Internet and the generalization in young people’s lives is discussed. Moreover, the need of designing and implementing prevention programs for a healthy use of the internet is discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	addiction to the internet, interpersonal relationship, social networking, self-esteem, instrumental study
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Related URLs:	Publisher Organisation
Last Modified:	20 Sep 2019 14:25
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/11467

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