Do the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) and the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) assess two distinct internet-related disorders? A comparative analysis using CFA, Set-ESEM, and Full-ESEM models
This study investigated whether the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) capture separate Internet-related disorders, comparing CFA, Set-ESEM, and Full-ESEM models on a sample of 839 participants (59.1% females; Mage = 30.31, SD = 10.05). The ESEM solution was selected based on fit-indices [χ2 = 506.810; df = 248, p
Authors
- Palmira Faraci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7377-8011)
- Giusy Danila Valenti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-8515)
Institutions
- Università degli Studi di Enna Kore (IT)
- University of Palermo (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Behaviour and Information Technology
- Published
- 2024-08-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2024.2389077
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.13