Cross-Cultural Validation of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale in Four Forms and Eight Languages

Lopez-Fernandez, Olatz; Griffiths, Mark D.; Kuss, Daria J.; Dawes, Christopher; Pontes, Halley M.; Justice, Lucy; Rumpf, Hans-Jürgen; Bischof, Anja; Gässler, Ann-Kathrin; Suryani, Eva; Männikkö, Niko; Kääriänen, Maria; Romo, Lucia; Morvan, Yannick; Kern, Laurence; Graziani, Pierluigi; Rousseau, Amélie; Hormes, Julia M.; Schimmenti, Adriano; Passanisi, Alessia; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Király, Orsolya; Lelonek-Kuleta, Bernadeta; Chwaszcz, Joanna; Dufour, Magali; Ponce Terashima, Javier; Chóliz, Mariano; Zacarés, Juan José; Serra, Emilia; Rochat, Lucien; Zullino, Daniele Fabio; Achab, Sophia; Landrø, Nils Inge; Billieux, Joel

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Title		Cross-Cultural Validation of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale in Four Forms and Eight Languages
Authors		Lopez-Fernandez, Olatz Griffiths, Mark D. Kuss, Daria J. Dawes, Christopher Pontes, Halley M. Justice, Lucy Rumpf, Hans-Jürgen Bischof, Anja Gässler, Ann-Kathrin Suryani, Eva Männikkö, Niko Kääriänen, Maria Romo, Lucia Morvan, Yannick Kern, Laurence Graziani, Pierluigi Rousseau, Amélie Hormes, Julia M. Schimmenti, Adriano Passanisi, Alessia Demetrovics, Zsolt Király, Orsolya Lelonek-Kuleta, Bernadeta Chwaszcz, Joanna Dufour, Magali Ponce Terashima, Javier Chóliz, Mariano Zacarés, Juan José Serra, Emilia Rochat, Lucien Zullino, Daniele Fabio Achab, Sophia Landrø, Nils Inge Billieux, Joel show all authors [1 - 34]
Published in		Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking. 2019, vol. 22, no. 7, p. 451-464
Abstract		The 14-item Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) is one of the most frequently internationally adapted psychometric instruments developed to assess generalized problematic Internet use. Multiple adaptations of this instrument have led to versions in different languages (e.g., Arabic and French), and different numbers of items (e.g., from 5 to 16 items instead of the original 14). However, to date, the CIUS has never been simultaneously compared and validated in several languages and different versions. Consequently, the present study tested the psychometric properties of four CIUS versions (i.e., CIUS-14, CIUS-9, CIUS-7, and CIUS-5) across eight languages (i.e., German, French, English, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Polish, and Hungarian) to (a) examine their psychometric properties, and (b) test their measurement invariance. These analyses also identified the optimal versions of the CIUS. The data were collected via online surveys administered to 4,226 voluntary participants from 15 countries, aged at least 18 years, and recruited from academic environments. All brief versions of the CIUS in all eight languages were validated. Dimensional, configural, and metric invariance were established across all languages for the CIUS-5, CIUS-7, and CIUS-9, but the CIUS-5 and CIUS-7 were slightly more suitable because their model fitted the ordinal estimate better, while for cross-comparisons, the CIUS-9 was slightly better. The brief versions of the CIUS are therefore reliable and structurally stable instruments that can be used for cross-cultural research across adult populations.
Keywords		Compulsive Internet Use Scale — Psychometric testing — Measurement invariance — Cross-cultural — Research
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2018.0731 PMID: 31295025
Full text		Article (Published version) (264 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE Other version: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/cyber.2018.0731
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de psychiatrie Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie
Research group		Abus de substances (834)
Project		FP7: TECH USE DISORDERS
Citation (ISO format)		LOPEZ-FERNANDEZ, Olatz et al. Cross-Cultural Validation of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale in Four Forms and Eight Languages. In: Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 2019, vol. 22, n° 7, p. 451-464. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2018.0731 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:125257