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Greek version of the Internet Addiction Test: a validation study.

TitleGreek version of the Internet Addiction Test: a validation study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsTsimtsiou, Z., Haidich A-B., Kokkali S., Dardavesis T., Young K. S., & Arvanitidou M.
JournalPsychiatr Q
Volume85
Issue2
Pagination187-95
Date Published2014 Jun
ISSN1573-6709
KeywordsAdolescent, Adult, Behavior, Addictive, Child, Conflict (Psychology), Factor Analysis, Statistical, Greece, Humans, Internet, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Severity of Illness Index, Students, Medical, Surveys and Questionnaires, Time Factors, Translations, Young Adult
Abstract

The aim of this project was to translate, culturally adapt and validate the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) in Greek adults. Twenty-one post-graduate medical students participated in the cultural adaptation procedure and 151 both post- and under-graduate medical students in the validation process. The internal consistency shown by a Cronbach's alpha was 0.91. Two-week test-retest reliability was rtt = 0.84, p < 0.001. Face validity was affirmed by 83.6 % of the students. In terms of convergent validity, the hours of daily internet use were positively correlated with IAT score (rho = 0.48, p < 0.001). Moreover, IAT scores were higher in students that reported use of online gambling (40.5 vs 29.2, p = 0.004), pornographic sites (36.5 vs 28.0, p = 0.003) and online games (35.6 vs 28.2, p = 0.009). Exploratory factor analysis revealed three interpretable factors for the IAT, "Psychological/Emotional Conflict", "Time Management" and "Neglect Work", that showed good internal consistency and concurrent validity, explaining 55.3 % of the variance. The Greek version of IAT has shown good psychometric properties, comparable with the original IAT and the previously published translated versions, and can be a useful tool in future studies on internet addiction.

DOI10.1007/s11126-013-9282-2
Alternate JournalPsychiatr Q
PubMed ID24307176

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