Table 2.

Factor loadings of the IAT items and corrected item-total correlations for the one-factor solution.

Itemsa	Loadings	Item-total correlations
11. Do you find yourself anticipating when you go online again?	.705	.670
15. Do you feel preoccupied with the Internet when offline or fantasize about being online?	.699	.647
5. Do others in your life complain to you about the amount of time you spend online?	.687	.666
6. Does your work suffer because of the amount of time you spend online?	.680	.656
13. Do you snap, yell, or act annoyed if someone bothers you while you are online?	.674	.640
18. Do you try to hide how long you’ve been online?	.664	.621
20. Do you feel depressed, moody, or nervous when you are offline, which goes away once you are back online?	.662	.606
8. Does your job performance or productivity suffer because of the Internet?	.656	.622
19. Do you choose to spend more time online over going out with others?	.646	.603
10. Do you block disturbing thoughts about your life with soothing thoughts of the Internet?	.636	.606
14. Do you lose sleep due to late night log-ins?	.611	.573
17. Do you try to cut down the amount of time you spend online and fail?	.610	.581
12. Do you feel that life without the Internet would be boring, empty, and joyless?	.597	.558
16. Do you find yourself saying “just a few more minutes” when online?	.589	.577
2. Do you neglect household chores to spend more time online?	.550	.548
9. Do you become defensive or secretive when someone asks what you do online?	.529	.517
4. Do you form new relationships with fellow online users?	.486	.461
3. Do you prefer the excitement of the Internet to intimacy with your partner?	.450	.401
1. Do you feel that you stay online longer than you intend?	.417	.424
7. Do you check your email before something else that you need to do?	.300	.295
% explained variance	36.18
Cronbach alpha		.91

^aItems are ordered by factor loading rather than item number.