From: Factors associated with problematic internet use among a large sample of Lebanese adolescents
Items | Question | Factor 1 Preoccupation | Factor 2 Impairment and withdrawal | Factor 3 Tolerance | Factor 4 Social and cognitive aspects | Factor 5 Tolerance and neglect |
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IAT-12 | How often do you fear that life without the internet would be boring, empty, and joyless? | 0.837 | ||||
IAT-15 | How often do you feel preoccupied with the internet when off-line, or fantasize about being online? | 0.826 | ||||
IAT-13 | How often do you snap, yell, or act annoyed if someone bothers you while you are online? | 0.735 | ||||
IAT-16 | How often do you find yourself saying “just a few more minutes” when online? | 0.595 | ||||
IAT-14 | How often do you lose sleep due to being online? | 0.559 | ||||
IAT-8 | How often does your job performance or productivity suffer because of the internet? | 0.866 | ||||
IAT-6 | How often do your grades or school work suffer because of the amount of time you spend online? | 0.842 | ||||
IAT-5 | How often do others in your life complain to you about the amount of time you spend online? | 0.560 | ||||
IAT-11 | How often do you find yourself anticipating when you will go online again? | 0.476 | ||||
IAT-9 | How often do you become defensive or secretive when anyone asks you what you do online? | 0.461 | ||||
IAT-7 | How often do you check your email before something else that you need to do? | 0.405 | ||||
IAT-17 | How often do you try to cut down the amount of time you spend online and fail? | 0.801 | ||||
IAT-18 | How often do you try to hide how long you’ve been online? | 0.777 | ||||
IAT-19 | How often do you choose to spend more time online over going out with others? | 0.557 | ||||
IAT-20 | How often do you feel depressed, moody, or nervous when you are off-line, which goes away once you are back online? | 0.526 | ||||
IAT-3 | How often do you prefer the excitement of the internet to intimacy with your partner? | 0.900 | ||||
IAT-4 | How often do you form new relationships with fellow online users? | 0.660 | ||||
IAT-10 | How often do you block out disturbing thoughts about your life with soothing thoughts of the internet? | 0.475 | ||||
IAT-1 | How often do you find that you stay online longer than you intended? | 0.921 | ||||
IAT-2 | How often do you neglect household chores to spend more time online? | 0.753 | ||||
Cronbach’s alpha | 0.837 | 0.842 | 0.838 | 0.713 | 0.722 | |
Percentage of variances explained | 41.69% | 9.43% | 7.02% | 5.89% | 5.10% |