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Compulsive Internet Use Scale for assessment of self-reported problematic internet use in primary school-aged children

INTRODUCTION: The tremendous growth of internet use during past few decades has been primarily led by young people. Despite a plenitude of studies reporting the pros and cons of excessive internet use by adolescents, the internet use of primary school-aged children is under-researched. First, there...

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Autores principales: Jusienė, Roma, Pakalniškienė, Vilmantė, Wu, Jennifer Chun-Li, Sebre, Sandra B.
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10348814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37457786
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173585
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author Jusienė, Roma
Pakalniškienė, Vilmantė
Wu, Jennifer Chun-Li
Sebre, Sandra B.
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Pakalniškienė, Vilmantė
Wu, Jennifer Chun-Li
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description INTRODUCTION: The tremendous growth of internet use during past few decades has been primarily led by young people. Despite a plenitude of studies reporting the pros and cons of excessive internet use by adolescents, the internet use of primary school-aged children is under-researched. First, there is lack of reliable and valid cultural invariant self-report instruments for children younger than 11-years-old. Secondly, there is no consensus on whether primary school-aged children can reliably report on their internet use. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) as reported by primary school-aged children in three different countries/regions. METHODS: Paper-pencil format CIUS questionnaires were completed by a total of 691 children aged 8 to 10 years old, 236 of them Latvian, 207 Lithuanian, and 248 Taiwanese, as well as by one of their parents, at two-time points, separated by a one-year interval. The parents also reported on the child’s emotional and behavioral difficulties. METHODS: Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that for the child self-report, a 10-item CIUS showed the best fit and good psychometric properties: solid structural validity; very good internal consistency; appropriate stability and predictive validity after 1 year; as well as sound sensitivity and specificity when compared to the 14-item CIUS parent-report form. Child self-report CIUS ratings correlated with time online reported by the child and parent and with emotional and behavioral problems reported by the parent. DISCUSSION: This study indicates that children as young as 8–10 years old can reliably and consistently provide valuable information on their problematic use of the internet.
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spelling pubmed-103488142023-07-15 Compulsive Internet Use Scale for assessment of self-reported problematic internet use in primary school-aged children Jusienė, Roma Pakalniškienė, Vilmantė Wu, Jennifer Chun-Li Sebre, Sandra B. Front Psychiatry Psychiatry INTRODUCTION: The tremendous growth of internet use during past few decades has been primarily led by young people. Despite a plenitude of studies reporting the pros and cons of excessive internet use by adolescents, the internet use of primary school-aged children is under-researched. First, there is lack of reliable and valid cultural invariant self-report instruments for children younger than 11-years-old. Secondly, there is no consensus on whether primary school-aged children can reliably report on their internet use. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) as reported by primary school-aged children in three different countries/regions. METHODS: Paper-pencil format CIUS questionnaires were completed by a total of 691 children aged 8 to 10 years old, 236 of them Latvian, 207 Lithuanian, and 248 Taiwanese, as well as by one of their parents, at two-time points, separated by a one-year interval. The parents also reported on the child’s emotional and behavioral difficulties. METHODS: Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that for the child self-report, a 10-item CIUS showed the best fit and good psychometric properties: solid structural validity; very good internal consistency; appropriate stability and predictive validity after 1 year; as well as sound sensitivity and specificity when compared to the 14-item CIUS parent-report form. Child self-report CIUS ratings correlated with time online reported by the child and parent and with emotional and behavioral problems reported by the parent. DISCUSSION: This study indicates that children as young as 8–10 years old can reliably and consistently provide valuable information on their problematic use of the internet. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10348814/ /pubmed/37457786 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173585 Text en Copyright © 2023 Jusienė, Pakalniškienė, Wu and Sebre. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Jusienė, Roma
Pakalniškienė, Vilmantė
Wu, Jennifer Chun-Li
Sebre, Sandra B.
Compulsive Internet Use Scale for assessment of self-reported problematic internet use in primary school-aged children
title Compulsive Internet Use Scale for assessment of self-reported problematic internet use in primary school-aged children
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title_fullStr Compulsive Internet Use Scale for assessment of self-reported problematic internet use in primary school-aged children
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title_short Compulsive Internet Use Scale for assessment of self-reported problematic internet use in primary school-aged children
title_sort compulsive internet use scale for assessment of self-reported problematic internet use in primary school-aged children
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10348814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37457786
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173585
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