Psychometric properties of the Revised Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS-R) in Chinese adolescents

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1237-1245

  Mak, Kwok Kei ^a   Lai, Ching Man ^b   Ko, Chih Hung ^c   Chou, Chien ^d   Kim, Dong Il ^e   Watanabe, Hiroko ^f   Ho, Roger C M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chinese; Internet addiction; Psychometric properties; Revised Chen Internet Addiction Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84907214501     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: 15732835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9851-3     Document Type: Article

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