Author: Jenaro, C.; Flores, N.; Gómez-Vela, M.; González-Gil, F.; Caballo, C.
Description: This study aimed to assess pathological Internet and cell-phone use in college students, and to identify psychological, health, and behavioral correlates. A cross-sectional design was utilized to gather data from 337 students. We developed two measures, termed the Internet Over-use Scale (IOS), and the Cell-Phone Over-Use Scale (COS). Additional measures utilized were the Beck Anxiety Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the General Health Questionnaire-28. Results provide support for internal consistency of the IOS and the COS (α = 0.88 and α = 0.87, respectively) as well as for construct validity. Logistic regression analyses indicated that heavy Internet use is associated with high anxiety; high cell-phone use is associated to being female, and having high anxiety and insomnia. The developed measures seem to be promising tools for assessing these new behavioral addictions.
Subject Headings: Pathological Internet use, pathological cell-phone use, behavioral addictions, assessment, test construction
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Publication year: 2007
Journal or book title: Addiction Research & Theory
Volume: 15
Issue: 3
Pages: 309-320
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Type: Journal Article
Serial number: 2312