Psychometric properties of Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT) in Urdu language.

In this study assessed psychometric properties of Internet Addiction Scale in Urdu. Data were collected from 506 participants and were analyzed using SPSS v23. We found 4 factors which were named; salience, conflict, tolerance and mood modification. These factors showed strong correlation among them. Further the items in the factors are comparable to other studies. The IAT was found to be psychometrically sound for measuring internet addiction among Urdu speaking population. PMID: 30721847 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Asian J Psychiatr Source Type: research