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Table 2 Factor structure of IAT items

From: Internet addiction test: Croatian preliminary study

 

IAT items

Factor saturation

F1

F2

F3

IAT 20

How often do you feel depressed, moody, or nervous when you are off-line, which goes away once you are back online?

.792

  

IAT 15

How often do you feel preoccupied with the internet when off-line, or fantasize about being online?

.739

  

IAT 13

How often do you snap, yell, or act annoyed if someone bothers you while you are online?

.690

(.319)

 

IAT 18

How often do you try to hide how long you’ve been online?

.648

  

IAT 11

How often do you find yourself anticipating when you will go online again?

.630

(.319)

(.337)

IAT 19

How often do you choose to spend more time online over going out with others?

.601

  

IAT 12

How often do you fear that life without the internet would be boring, empty, and joyless?

.601

  

IAT 14

How often do you lose sleep due to being online?

.499

(.476)

 

IAT 10

How often do you block out disturbing thoughts about your life with soothing thoughts of the internet?

.408

 

(.374)

IAT 8

How often does your job performance or productivity suffer because of the internet?

 

.780

 

IAT 6

How often do your grades or school work suffer because of the amount of time you spend online?

 

.725

(.301)

IAT 1

How often do you find that you stay online longer than you intended?

 

.676

 

IAT 2

How often do you neglect household chores to spend more time online?

 

.675

 

IAT 16

How often do you find yourself saying “just a few more minutes” when online?

(.517)

.628

 

IAT 17

How often do you try to cut down the amount of time you spend online and fail?

(.444)

.600

 

IAT 3

How often do you prefer the excitement of the internet to intimacy with your partner?

  

.627

IAT 4

How often do you form new relationships with fellow online users?

  

.608

IAT 7

How often do you check your email before something else that you need to do?

  

.526

IAT 9

How often do you become defensive or secretive when anyone asks you what you do online?

(.311)

 

.497

IAT 5

How often do others in your life complain to you about the amount of time you spend online?

(.308)

(.397)

.428

Characteristic root

4419

3692

2217

% variance

22,096

18,462

11,084

Cronbach α

0,865

.840

.620