Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the internet addiction test (IAT) in a sample of Cypriot high school students: The Rasch measurement perspective

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-351

  Panayides, Panayiotis ^a   Walker, Miranda Jane ^a  

^a Lyceum of Polemidia   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

High school students; Internet addiction; Internet addiction test; Psychometric properties; Rasch measurement; Unidimensionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865811848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18410413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v8i3.474     Document Type: Article

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