Psychometric properties of Internet Addiction Questionnaire and its relationship with Basic psychological needs
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Javad Shahbazi
1
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PhD student of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen, Iran.
)
Malek Mirhashemi
2
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran
)
خدیجه ابوالمعالی الحسینی
3
(
دانشیار، دانشکده روانشناسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد رودهن
)
Keywords: psychometric properties, Internet Addiction Questionnaire, Basic psychological needs, Validity, students,
Abstract :
Since the introduction of the Internet, the pace of changes in life has increased significantly. Addiction to the Internet can cause fundamental changes in human life. Due to the importance of the subject in this research, the psychometric properties of Young's Internet Addiction Questionnaire and its relationship with Basic psychological needs were determined. The statistical population is the students of Roudehen University in 1400, of which 481 people were investigated by multi-stage random sampling method. Young's Internet Addiction Questionnaire and Desi and Ryan's Basic Psychological Needs Questionnaire were used to measure the research variables. SPSS and AMOS software were used for data analysis. Cronbach's alpha coefficient value of 0.928 of the whole internet addiction test showed that the internal consistency and in other words the validity of the questionnaire is very high. In order to analyze the factors, an exploratory factor analysis was performed, as a result of which, three factors of tolerance were extracted as the first factor, salience as the second factor, and mood change as the third factor. Finally, the structural model of the relationship between basic psychological needs and Internet addiction was fitted and the inverse and significant relationship between basic psychological needs and Internet addiction was determined. Also, a significant relationship was found between all components of basic psychological needs and internet addiction with the main variable.
