Psychometric Properties of the Nine-Item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire in a Brazilian General Population Sample
Objective: The goal of the study is to adapt and examine the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the nine-item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ-SF-9).Methods: A convenience sample of Brazilian internet users aged between 18 and 89 years (72.7% female, mean age 38.7 years...
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| author | Daniel Tornaim Spritzer Wagner de Lara Machado Marina Balem Yates Vitória Rech Astolfi Pricilla Laskoski Cristina Pessi Stéphanie Laconi Katarzyna Kaliszewska-Czeremska Zsolt Demetrovics Zsolt Demetrovics Orsolya Király Ives Cavalcante Passos Ives Cavalcante Passos Simone Hauck Simone Hauck |
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| description | Objective: The goal of the study is to adapt and examine the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the nine-item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ-SF-9).Methods: A convenience sample of Brazilian internet users aged between 18 and 89 years (72.7% female, mean age 38.7 years ± 13.5) was recruited online from September 2018 to July 2019 (test sample = 1,525; retest sample = 237). Participants responded to the adapted version of the PIUQ-SF-9, as well as the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D-10) and sociodemographic questions.Results: A bifactor model with one general factor and three specific dimensions (obsession, neglect and control disorder) yielded the best fit indices [χ2 = 67.66, df = 15, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.048 (0.037–0.060), RMSEA p close = 0.587 and SRMR = 0.01]. McDonald's hierarchical omega coefficient was 0.76 for the general factor and varied between 0.16 and 0.33 for the specific dimensions. The intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.73 for the general factor and varied between 0.64 and 0.72 for the specific dimensions. The MIMIC model supported the scale's construct validity as the relationship of the predictors (age, time spent online, self-perception of problematic internet use, and depression symptoms) with the PIUQ-SF-9 factors was in line with the assumptions based on the literature.Conclusion: PIUQ-SF-9 seems to be a brief and culturally validated instrument with sound psychometric properties to be used in future studies on problematic internet use in the Brazilian population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce530e062c404f648e850b3b4dbbbc2a2022-12-21T21:34:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402021-05-011210.3389/fpsyt.2021.660186660186Psychometric Properties of the Nine-Item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire in a Brazilian General Population SampleDaniel Tornaim Spritzer0Wagner de Lara Machado1Marina Balem Yates2Vitória Rech Astolfi3Pricilla Laskoski4Cristina Pessi5Stéphanie Laconi6Katarzyna Kaliszewska-Czeremska7Zsolt Demetrovics8Zsolt Demetrovics9Orsolya Király10Ives Cavalcante Passos11Ives Cavalcante Passos12Simone Hauck13Simone Hauck14Graduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilGraduate Program in Psychology, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilGraduate Program in Psychology, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilGraduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilGraduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilGraduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilCentre d'Études et de Recherche en Psychopathologie et Psychologie de la Santé, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, FranceInstitute of Psychology, Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow, Krakow, PolandCentre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming, University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, GibraltarInstitute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryInstitute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryGraduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilLaboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Centro de Pesquisa Experimental and Centro de Pesquisa Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, BrazilGraduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilPsychodynamic Psychiatry Research Laboratory, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, BrazilObjective: The goal of the study is to adapt and examine the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the nine-item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ-SF-9).Methods: A convenience sample of Brazilian internet users aged between 18 and 89 years (72.7% female, mean age 38.7 years ± 13.5) was recruited online from September 2018 to July 2019 (test sample = 1,525; retest sample = 237). Participants responded to the adapted version of the PIUQ-SF-9, as well as the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D-10) and sociodemographic questions.Results: A bifactor model with one general factor and three specific dimensions (obsession, neglect and control disorder) yielded the best fit indices [χ2 = 67.66, df = 15, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.048 (0.037–0.060), RMSEA p close = 0.587 and SRMR = 0.01]. McDonald's hierarchical omega coefficient was 0.76 for the general factor and varied between 0.16 and 0.33 for the specific dimensions. The intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.73 for the general factor and varied between 0.64 and 0.72 for the specific dimensions. The MIMIC model supported the scale's construct validity as the relationship of the predictors (age, time spent online, self-perception of problematic internet use, and depression symptoms) with the PIUQ-SF-9 factors was in line with the assumptions based on the literature.Conclusion: PIUQ-SF-9 seems to be a brief and culturally validated instrument with sound psychometric properties to be used in future studies on problematic internet use in the Brazilian population.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.660186/fullinternet addictionProblematic Internet Use Questionnairecultural adaptationpsychometricsBrazil |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Tornaim Spritzer Wagner de Lara Machado Marina Balem Yates Vitória Rech Astolfi Pricilla Laskoski Cristina Pessi Stéphanie Laconi Katarzyna Kaliszewska-Czeremska Zsolt Demetrovics Zsolt Demetrovics Orsolya Király Ives Cavalcante Passos Ives Cavalcante Passos Simone Hauck Simone Hauck Psychometric Properties of the Nine-Item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire in a Brazilian General Population Sample Frontiers in Psychiatry internet addiction Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire cultural adaptation psychometrics Brazil |
| title | Psychometric Properties of the Nine-Item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire in a Brazilian General Population Sample |
| title_full | Psychometric Properties of the Nine-Item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire in a Brazilian General Population Sample |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric Properties of the Nine-Item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire in a Brazilian General Population Sample |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric Properties of the Nine-Item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire in a Brazilian General Population Sample |
| title_short | Psychometric Properties of the Nine-Item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire in a Brazilian General Population Sample |
| title_sort | psychometric properties of the nine item problematic internet use questionnaire in a brazilian general population sample |
| topic | internet addiction Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire cultural adaptation psychometrics Brazil |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.660186/full |
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