The mediating effects of problematic internet usage on social. Prevalence of problem internet use in spanish high school students olatz lopezfernandez, phd, montserrat freixablanxart, phd, and maria luisa honrubiaserrano, phd. You use social media so much that it has had a negative impact on your jobstudies. Mar, 2014 the effect of problematic use of the internet on mental health, particularly depression among young people, has been established but without a probable model for the underlying mechanism.
The current study employed the generalized problematic internet use scale 2 gpius2 to operationalize the key variables identified in the previous section. Our main goal was to evaluate the psychometric properties of its french version among a sample of students and to appraise the relevance of the generalized problematic internet use. It includes the scale items along with scoring and citation information. In this study, a model is presented to describe possible pathways for the linkage between internet gaming addiction and depression possibly mediated by sleep problems. Problematic internet use can cause a person to feel ashamed, and it may be difficult for himher to discuss this. Evaluation and early detection of problematic internet use in. Finally, little is known about the relationship between the type of use of the internet e. The main goals of the present study were to test the psychometric properties of a portuguese version of the gpius2 generalized problematic internet use scale 2, caplan, 2010, and to test whether the cognitivebehavioral model proposed by caplan 2010 replicated in the context of facebook use. A new estimator for the size of hidden populationsxk dennis m. Search for acronym meaning, ways to abbreviate, and lists of acronyms and abbreviations. The gpius2 is a revised and updated version of the generalized problematic internet use scale gpius. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. Problematic internet use piu involves cognitive distortions and dysfunctional behaviors e. The german version of the generalized problematic internet.
The generalized problematic internet use scale 2 gpius2 is one of the few theorydriven instruments to measure the type of piu associated with. We used our original scale up method and the summation method. This study tested an updated cognitivebehavioral model of generalized problematic internet use and reports results of a confirmatory analysis of the generalized problematic internet use scale 2 gpius2. One of the advantages of the piu is that it is a short and simple scale. This study extended davis model in hypothesizing that social anxiety mediates in a multimediational relationship between two psychological variables. Silvia casale, caterina primi, giulia fioravanti 14. Prob l ema tic a nd risk y internet use screening sca l e priuss n e v e r i r a r e l y s o m e t m e s o f t e n v e r y o f t e n please answer the q uestions b elow b ased on how you have felt and conducted yourself regarding your. The compulsive internet use scale cius adapted to assess.
Problematic internet use correlated negatively and significantly with. The basic scale up estimator o ers advantages over other size estimation techniques, but it depends on problematic modeling assumptions. Salganikzx november 14, 2016 the authors thank alexandre abdo, francisco bastos, russ bernard, neilane bertoni, dimitri. Psychometric validation of the compulsive internet use scale. Problematic internet use has been associated with a variety of psychological comorbidities, but it relationship with physical illness has not received the same degree of investigation. I say this is a superficial invocation of internet scale because it touches only on access, which is a very small aspect of scholarly communications. The problematic internet entertainment use scale for. The generalized problematic internet use scale2 in a french. Differing from an exponential network, a scale free network is inhomogeneous in nature. Thinking about internet scale the scholarly kitchen. If you scored a 4 or 5 often or very often on at least 4 of those statements, it could be an indicator of. Mean c 598 for the scale up method mean c 948 for the summation method.
Once upon a time, in a country not so far away, there was a fixed broadband provider. Because of the highcost, zerorevenue economics of peering, and the fact that peering requires the cooperation of directly competing entities, capacity at peering points can lag significantly behind demand, and this situation is unlikely to be satisfactorily resolved any time soon. Here is a cautionary tale of a network that strangely and unexpectedly didnt scale so well. The network scale up method enables researchers to estimate the size of hidden populations, such as drug injectors and sex workers, using sampled social network data. This questionnaire consists of 54items assessing six social role areas work, social and leisure activities, family relationship, marital relationship, parental role, and role within the family unit. The generalized problematic internet use scale 2 gpius2 is one. Generalized problematic internet use scale 2 and ucla loneliness scale were used to collect data. The validity and reliability of the problematic internet. In the ipv4 protocol, an ip address is a sequence of four bytes ordered from a global to a local scale. This document provides details on the generalized problematic internet use scale.
The latter study generally confirmed the threefactor structure. The generalized problematic internet use scale gpius2 assesses individuals generalized problematic internet use piu cognitions, behaviors, and negative outcomes. To date, the gpius2 has only been validated in english, spanish, german, and italian language. The problematic internet entertainment use scale for adolescents. Our main goal was to evaluate the psychometric properties of its french version among a sample of students and to appraise the relevance of the generalized problematic.
The problematic and risky internet use screening scale. It was found that the scale was able to discriminate problematic internet use with respect to the time spent on the internet and individuals perception of themselves as the internet addicts. Hospital bichat claude bernard, aphp, psychiatry, paris, france background. This study adapted the problematic internet entertainment use scale for adolescents pieusa for use with a. Pdf the german version of the generalized problematic. Theory and measurement of generalized problematic internet.
How often do you continue to use the internet despite your intention to stop. This 15item scale measures indicators of undesirable behavior such as turning to the internet when feeling down or lonely, thinking. Results provide preliminary support for the use of the pump scale to measure problematic use of mobile phones. The highestdegree nodes are often called hubs, and are thought to serve specific purposes in their networks, although this depends greatly on the domain. Profiles of problematic internet use and its impact on. Confirmation of the threefactor model of problematic internet use. The present study introduces the third version of the generalized problematic internet use scale which takes into account the current tendencies in internet use and is based on the second revised. Generalized anxiety disorder 7item gad7 scale over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems. Talk privately with that person about the negative impact of hisher internet use, including any negative effect on your relationship. The generalized problematic internet use scale 2 gpius2 is a short selfreport questionnaire assessing internet addiction based on a cognitive behavioral model. Internet gaming addiction, problematic use of the internet. Evaluation of the cognitivebehavioral model of generalized. Hadassah medical organization, nuclear medicine, ein kerem, jerusalem, israel michel lejoyeux, ph.
The present scale has sufficient theoretical and empirical support, including good psychometric properties. Psychometric validation of the generalized problematic internet use scale 2 in a portuguese sample article pdf available in computers in human behavior 63. Here, the two methods produced quite different estimates of c, but both estimates are, as expected, larger than the 290 for the general population. The correlation between the scale and the daviss online cognitive scaleturkish adaptation keser ozcan ve buzlu, 2005 was found as 0. Problematic internet use has not been incorporated into large scale epidemiological studies aimed at estimating the relative prevalence of mental disorders. Social anxiety moderates the links between excessive chatting. Jia and jia emphasized the importance of discriminant validity of the scales, and they reconstructed the online cognition scale.
Events to do with internet taught self computer skills good at it increase in problematic internet use amount of time increases neglect other peoplethings content is illegal. The pathological internet use piu scale helps to identify people with pathological internet use. Article information, pdf download for psychometric validation of the. Piu abbreviation stands for problematic internet use. The findings of the present study suggest that therapeutic interventions b e explored for the use of treating problematic internet use while internet addiction is one aspect of problematic internet usage, according to caplan 2002 other factors of problematic internet usage include internet use to alter mood, for social benefit and for social. Kwan, socioeconomic influence on adolescent problematic internet use through schoolrelated psychosocial factors and pattern of internet use, computers in human behavior, 68, 121, 2017. Loneliness and shyness in adolescent problematic internet.
The german version of the generalized problematic internet use scale 2 gpius2. See also the psytoolkit implementation of the problematic internet use questionnaire and the facebook addiction scale here on psytoolkit. Internet addiction or excessive internet use aviv weinstein, ph. How often do you find it difficult to stop using the internet when you are online. Worldwide, a central authority the internet assigned numbers authority, iana, a nonprofit private american corporation devolves the management of some ip prefixes to other authorities known as regional internet registries. The main goals of the present study were to test the psychometric properties of a portuguese version of the gpius2 generalized problematic internet use scale 2, caplan, 2010, and to test whether. Generalized and problematic internet use scale gpius2 among spanish adolescents. The generalized problematic internet use scale2 in a. The most notable characteristic in a scale free network is the relative commonness of vertices with a degree that greatly exceeds the average. Compulsive internet usage is on the rise in developing countries such as india. Faulty thinkingsocial factors on own a lot of the time. The current study surveyed 505 participants online, and asked about their levels of problematic internet usage internet addiction test, depression and anxiety hospital anxiety and depression scales, social.
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