A comprehensive measure assessing different types of problematic use of the internet among Chinese adolescents: The Assessment of Criteria for Specific Internet-use Disorders (ACSID-11)

• Published in: Comprehensive psychiatry Vol. 134; p. 152517
• Main Authors: Saffari, Mohsen, Chen, Chao-Ying, Chen, I-Hua, Ruckwongpatr, Kamolthip, Griffiths, Mark D., Potenza, Marc N., Wang, Xue Lian, Huang, Yu-Ting, Chen, Jung-Sheng, Tsai, Ching-Chung, Lin, Chung-Ying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2024; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adolescence; Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior - psychology; Behavior, Addictive - diagnosis; Behavior, Addictive - psychology; Child & adolescent mental health; China; Compulsive behaviors; Cross-Sectional Studies; East Asian People; Female; Humans; Impulsive behaviors; Internet; Internet addiction; Internet Addiction Disorder - diagnosis; Internet Addiction Disorder - epidemiology; Internet Addiction Disorder - psychology; Male; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - standards; Psychometric assessment; Psychometrics - instrumentation; Psychometrics - standards; Reproducibility of Results; Screen time; Smartphones; Social Media - statistics & numerical data; Social networks; Surveys and Questionnaires - standards; Teenagers; Video Games - psychology; China; Hong Kong China; ICD-11; FI; BSMAS; CFI; Internet addiction; TLI; IGDS9-SF; SABAS; Addictive behaviors; MD; Compulsive behaviors; IC; ML; CE; SRMR; DSM-5; PUI; IGD; IP; Psychometric assessment; RMSEA; ACSID-11; Impulsive behaviors; MGCFA; PUSM; CFA

Problematic use of the internet (PUI) is prevalent, particularly among adolescents and young adults. Given the limited measures to assess specific types of PUI, which encompasses a broad spectrum of activities such as online gaming, social media use, pornography use, shopping, gambling, and web-stre...