Tsermentseli, Stella, Karipidis, Nikolaos, Samaras, Panagiotis and Thompson, Trevor ORCID: 0000-0001-9880-782X (2018) Assessing the factorial structure of the internet addiction test in a sample of Greek adolescents. Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 15 (3). pp. 274-288. ISSN 1790-1391

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Abstract

Although many studies have documented the psychometric properties of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) in adults, its factorial structure has not adequately been investigated in adolescents. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Internet Addiction Test, specifically testing its factorial structure in a sample of adolescents. A modified version of the Greek IAT, adapted for adolescents, was administered to 725 Greek secondary-school students. To determine the factorial structure underlying the questionnaire, both traditional and bifactor modelling approaches were applied to derive the optimal measurement structure of the IAT for adolescents. The bifactor model supported the single and three distinct factors, with stronger support for the unidimensionality of the instrument. The present study supports the stability of the three-factor structure of the Greek IAT from adolescence to adulthood, yet a longitudinal study is warranted to confirm this suggestion.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	The Hellenic Journal of Psychology (HJP) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Adolescence, Internet addiction, Young Internet Addiction Test
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
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Last Modified:	30 Apr 2019 09:00
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/19804

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