Do scales measuring internet addiction give compatible results? Comparison of two internet addiction scales among medical students
This study showed that the Young IAT and CIAS-R, which are most commonly used for determining internet addiction, did not function in as high agreement as expected. We think that the selection of the population to be applied in new scale development studies will contribute to the importance of selecting people with clinical diagnoses and generalizable to the society.
Authors
- Uğurcan Sayılı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5925-2128)
- Busra Kara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8698-9654)
- Günay Can (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5815-6700)
- Ferdane Şeyma Toplu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0075-182X)
- Kevser Sak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8440-5763)
- Sevde Nur Yilmaz Kose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9108-563X)
- Fevzi Duhan Berkan Kilickan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0893-3476)
Institutions
- Directorate of Health (IS)
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (TR)
- Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University (TR)
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24695-9
- Primary Topic
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00