Table 2.
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.