IAT items | Factor saturation | |||
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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 |