Validation of the Persian Version of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ).
Objective: The most commonly used instrument for the research and treatment of excessive internet use is Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT). While the IAT has been translated to several languages (including Persian) and has demonstrated good psychometric properties across several independent stud...
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| author | Hadi Ranjbar Andrew Thatcher Michael Greyling Mansour Arab Nahid Nasri |
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| description | Objective: The most commonly used instrument for the research and treatment of excessive internet use is Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT). While the IAT has been translated to several languages (including Persian) and has demonstrated good psychometric properties across several independent studies, there is still a room for alternative assessment instruments. This study reports a validation of the Persian version of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ).
Method: A sample (n = 296) from Kerman, Iran was administered the translated Persian version of the PIUQ as well as the Persian version of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness scale, Satisfaction With Life scale, and questions related to use of technology and the internet.
Results: Analyses using confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses demonstrated that the Persian version of the PIUQ had good internal reliability and concurrent validity (with loneliness and satisfaction with life), but they also had an alternative factor structure that did not support the original factor structure.
Conclusion: The Persian version of the PIUQ produced adequate psychometric properties (internal reliability and concurrent validity), but care should be taken in the interpretation of the factor structure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac6a15dc4b7840acbc21f9978388d2692022-12-21T23:39:44ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Psychiatry1735-45872008-22152014-12-019456Validation of the Persian Version of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ).Hadi Ranjbar0Andrew Thatcher1Michael Greyling2Mansour Arab3Nahid Nasri4Critical Care Nursing Department, Nursing and Midwifery School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPsychology Department, University of the Witwatersrand, WITS, 2050, South AfricaPsychology Department, University of the Witwatersrand, WITS, 2050, South Africa.School of Nursing, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IranSchool of Nursing, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IranObjective: The most commonly used instrument for the research and treatment of excessive internet use is Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT). While the IAT has been translated to several languages (including Persian) and has demonstrated good psychometric properties across several independent studies, there is still a room for alternative assessment instruments. This study reports a validation of the Persian version of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ). Method: A sample (n = 296) from Kerman, Iran was administered the translated Persian version of the PIUQ as well as the Persian version of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness scale, Satisfaction With Life scale, and questions related to use of technology and the internet. Results: Analyses using confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses demonstrated that the Persian version of the PIUQ had good internal reliability and concurrent validity (with loneliness and satisfaction with life), but they also had an alternative factor structure that did not support the original factor structure. Conclusion: The Persian version of the PIUQ produced adequate psychometric properties (internal reliability and concurrent validity), but care should be taken in the interpretation of the factor structure.https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/60Internet Addiction Test (IAT)Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ)Problematic Internet use |
| spellingShingle | Hadi Ranjbar Andrew Thatcher Michael Greyling Mansour Arab Nahid Nasri Validation of the Persian Version of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ). Iranian Journal of Psychiatry Internet Addiction Test (IAT) Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ) Problematic Internet use |
| title | Validation of the Persian Version of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ). |
| title_full | Validation of the Persian Version of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ). |
| title_fullStr | Validation of the Persian Version of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ). |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validation of the Persian Version of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ). |
| title_short | Validation of the Persian Version of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ). |
| title_sort | validation of the persian version of the problematic internet use questionnaire piuq |
| topic | Internet Addiction Test (IAT) Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ) Problematic Internet use |
| url | https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/60 |
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