Internet Addiction Test (IAT): Which is the best factorial solution?

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Faraci, Palmira ^a   Craparo, Giuseppe ^a   Messina, Roberta ^a   Severino, Sergio ^a  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Addiction; Factorial structure; IAT; Internet; Psychometric properties; Structural validity

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IAT; INTERNET; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRUCTURAL VALIDITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADDICTION; FACTORIAL STRUCTURE; IAT; INTERNET; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887350102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2935     Document Type: Article

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