French validation of the compulsive internet use scale (CIUS)

Article Article scientifique Article French validation of the compulsive internet use scale (CIUS) eng 2012 author Khazaal Yasser 668423 author Chatton Anne 54835 author Horn Alessandra 596634 author Achab Sophia 0000-0002-3861-3297 712947 author Thorens Gabriel 88882 author Zullino Daniele Fabio 649976 author Billieux Joel 557453 397-405 10.1007/s11126-012-9210-x 22367623 0033-2720 The popularity of using the Internet and related applications has grown in European countries in the last two decades. Despite numerous advantages in terms of optimizing communications among individuals and social systems, the use of the Internet may be associated with excessive use and possible Internet addiction. The goals of the current study were to validate a French version of the compulsive Internet use scale (CIUS) and to assess its links with common psychiatric symptoms such as depression (assessed with the Beck depression inventory: BDI), anxiety (assessed with the trait anxiety inventory: STAI) and alcohol misuse (assessed with the alcohol use disorder identification test: AUDIT). The French versions of the CIUS, BDI, STAI and AUDIT were administered to a sample of Internet users. Exploratory and confirmatory analyses, correlation analysis and logistic regression were performed. As previously found with the original version, a one-factor model of the CIUS had good psychometric properties and fit the data well. Excessive use of the Internet was associated with depressive symptoms. Adolescent Adult Compulsive Behavior/diagnosis/epidemiology Female France Humans Internet/utilization Male Middle Aged Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/standards Psychometrics/instrumentation Young Adult Dewey 616.89 Open Access - Licence nationale Springer 60 Département de psychiatrie 225 false 496 Abus de substances 834 Psychiatric quarterly 83 4 ab6a6f42-cf79-4e36-bee0-9fdb96511a1c Article (Published version) Public art%253A10.1007%252Fs11126-012-9210-x.pdf 183508 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de psychiatrie

Title	Published in	Access level	OA Policy	Year	Views	Downloads

French validation of the compulsive internet use scale (CIUS)	Psychiatric quarterly			2012	812	1,234

Archive ouverte UNIGE

Horn, Alessandra