Abstract
Zusammenfassung. Für die Diagnostik der Internetabhängigkeit liegen inzwischen Vorschläge zur Aufnahme des Störungsbildes in das DSM-V vor. Mit der ,Compulsive Internet Use Scale’ (CIUS) existiert für den angloamerikanischen Sprachraum eine Konzeptualisierung zur psychometrischen Erfassung einer abhängigen Internetnutzung. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war die Untersuchung der Faktorenstruktur der deutschen Version der CIUS mittels einer konfirmatorischen Faktorenanalyse sowie der psychometrischen Kennwerte. N = 2.506 Probanden nahmen an der Onlineuntersuchung teil. Erhoben wurde die deutsche Version der CIUS und die tägliche Internetnutzungsdauer. Für die deutsche Version der CIUS konnte hierbei die Ein-Faktorenstruktur bestätigt werden. Es kann geschlussfolgert werden, dass auch die deutsche Version der CIUS ein kurzes und reliables Screeninginstrument zur Erfassung einer auffälligen Internetnutzung ist.
Abstract. Some propositions concerning the inclusion of this psychiatric disorder into the DSM-V have been made for diagnosis of internet addiction. The ”Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS)” provides a conceptualization for the psychometric assessment of addictive internet use in the Anglo-American language area. The aim of the current research was to evaluate the factorial structure of the German version of the CIUS by using confirmatory factor analysis. Altogether, N = 2506 students of the University of Tuebingen participated in the online survey. The German version of the CIUS and daily internet use were administered. For the German version of the CIUS, a one-factorial structure could be identified. It can be assumed that the CIUS serves as a short and reliable screening instrument for problematic internet use.
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