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Table 2 Factor loading of the internet addiction scale

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

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%