Psychometric Properties of the Nine-Item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire in a Brazilian General Population Sample
Katarzyna Kaliszewska-Czeremska (Autor)
Stéphanie Laconi (Autor)
Zsolt Demetrovics (Autor)
Orsolya Király (Autor)
Ives Cavalcante Passos (Autor)
Simone Hauck (Autor)
Cristina Pessi (Autor)
Pricilla Laskoski (Autor)
Wagner de Lara Machado (Autor)
Marina Balem Yates (Autor)
Vitória Rech Astolfi (Autor)
Daniel Tornaim Spritzer (Autor)
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2021
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Objective: The goal of the study is to adapt and examine the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the nine-item Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire
(PIUQ-SF-9).
Methods: A convenience sample of Brazilian internet users aged between 18 and 89years (72.7% female, mean age 38.7 years ± 13.5) was recruited online from September
2018 to July 2019 (test sample = 1,525; retest sample = 237).
Participants responded
to the adapted version of the PIUQ-SF-9, as well as the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D-10) and sociodemographic questions.Results: A bifactor model with one general factor and three specific dimensions
(obsession, neglect and control disorder) yielded the best fit indices [χ2 = 67.66, df= 15, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.048 (0.037–0.060), RMSEA p close = 0.587
and SRMR = 0.01]. McDonald’s hierarchical omega coefficient was 0.76 for the general factor and varied between 0.16 and 0.33 for the specific dimensions. The intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.73 for the general factor and varied between 0.64 and 0.72 for the specific dimensions. The MIMIC model supported the scale’s construct validity as the relationship of the predictors (age, time spent online, self-perception of problematic
internet use, and depression symptoms) with the PIUQ-SF-9 factors was in line with the assumptions based on the literature.
Conclusion: PIUQ-SF-9 seems to be a brief and culturally validated instrument with sound psychometric properties to be used in future studies on problematic internet use
in the Brazilian population.
10.3389/fpsyt.2021.660186
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.660186/full