Guan Ng Chong, Isa Saramah Mohammed, Hashim Aili Hanim, Pillai Subash Kumar, Harbajan Singh Manveen Kaur
University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2015 Mar;27(2):NP2210-9. doi: 10.1177/1010539512447808. Epub 2012 May 31.
The use of the Internet has been increasing dramatically over the decade in Malaysia. Excessive usage of the Internet has lead to a phenomenon called Internet addiction. There is a need for a reliable, valid, and simple-to-use scale to measure Internet addiction in the Malaysian population for clinical practice and research purposes. The aim of this study was to validate the Malay version of the Internet Addiction Test, using a sample of 162 medical students. The instrument displayed good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = .91), parallel reliability (intraclass coefficient = .88, P < .001), and concurrent validity with the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (Pearson's correlation = .84, P < .001). Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed that 43 was the optimal cutoff score to discriminate students with and without Internet dependence. Principal component analysis with varimax rotation identified a 5-factor model. The Malay version of the Internet Addiction Test appeared to be a valid instrument for assessing Internet addiction in Malaysian university students.
在过去十年间，马来西亚互联网的使用量急剧增加。过度使用互联网导致了一种名为网络成瘾的现象。为了临床实践和研究目的，需要一种可靠、有效且易于使用的量表来衡量马来西亚人群的网络成瘾情况。本研究的目的是使用162名医学生样本对马来语版的网络成瘾测试进行验证。该工具显示出良好的内部一致性（克朗巴哈α系数 = 0.91）、平行信度（组内相关系数 = 0.88，P < 0.001）以及与强迫性网络使用量表的同时效度（皮尔逊相关系数 = 0.84，P < 0.001）。受试者工作特征分析表明，43是区分有和没有网络依赖学生的最佳临界分数。采用方差最大化旋转的主成分分析确定了一个五因素模型。马来语版的网络成瘾测试似乎是评估马来西亚大学生网络成瘾的有效工具。
