TY - JOUR
T1 - A network analysis of the Internet Disorder Scale–Short Form (IDS9-SF)
T2 - A large-scale cross-cultural study in Iran, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
AU - Li, Li
AU - Mamun, Mohammed A.
AU - Al-Mamun, Firoj
AU - Ullah, Irfan
AU - Hosen, Ismail
AU - Zia, Syed Ahsan
AU - Poorebrahim, Ali
AU - Pourgholami, Morteza
AU - Lin, Chung Ying
AU - Pontes, Halley M.
AU - Griffiths, Mark D.
AU - Pakpour, Amir H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - The Internet Disorder Scale–Short Form (IDS9-SF) is a validated instrument assessing internet disorder which modified the internet gaming disorder criteria proposed in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). However, the relationships between the nine items in the IDS9-SF are rarely investigated. The present study used network analysis to investigate the features of the IDS9-SF among three populations in Bangladesh, Iran, and Pakistan. Data were collected (N = 1901; 957 [50.3%] females; 666 [35.0%] Pakistani, 533 [28.1%] Bangladesh, and 702 [36.9%] Iranians) using an online survey platform (e.g., Google Forms). All the participants completed the IDS9-SF. The central-stability-coefficients of the nine IDS9-SF items were 0.71, 0.89, 0.96, 0.98, 0.98, 1.00, 0.67, 0.79, and 0.91, respectively. The node centrality was stable and interpretable in the network. The Network Comparison Test (NCT) showed that the network structure had no significant differences among Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Iranian participants (p-values = 0.172 to 0.371). Researchers may also use the IDS9-SF to estimate underlying internet addiction for their target participants and further explore and investigate the phenomenon related to internet addiction.
AB - The Internet Disorder Scale–Short Form (IDS9-SF) is a validated instrument assessing internet disorder which modified the internet gaming disorder criteria proposed in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). However, the relationships between the nine items in the IDS9-SF are rarely investigated. The present study used network analysis to investigate the features of the IDS9-SF among three populations in Bangladesh, Iran, and Pakistan. Data were collected (N = 1901; 957 [50.3%] females; 666 [35.0%] Pakistani, 533 [28.1%] Bangladesh, and 702 [36.9%] Iranians) using an online survey platform (e.g., Google Forms). All the participants completed the IDS9-SF. The central-stability-coefficients of the nine IDS9-SF items were 0.71, 0.89, 0.96, 0.98, 0.98, 1.00, 0.67, 0.79, and 0.91, respectively. The node centrality was stable and interpretable in the network. The Network Comparison Test (NCT) showed that the network structure had no significant differences among Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Iranian participants (p-values = 0.172 to 0.371). Researchers may also use the IDS9-SF to estimate underlying internet addiction for their target participants and further explore and investigate the phenomenon related to internet addiction.
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U2 - 10.1007/s12144-022-03284-8
DO - 10.1007/s12144-022-03284-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131587872
SN - 1046-1310
VL - 42
SP - 21994
EP - 22003
JO - Current Psychology
JF - Current Psychology
IS - 25
ER -