Table 5.
Cronbach’s Alpha | Item—Scale Scale Correlation | Item—Subscale Correlation | Item—Other Subscale Correlation | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Items | Subscale | Total | |||
Overall scale | 0.91 | - | - | - | - |
Factor 1: Perceived rewards of Internet gaming | 0.87 | - | - | - | - |
IGC 3 | 0.86 | 0.94 | 0.63 *** | 0.66 *** | 0.45 a***/0.50 b*** |
IGC 5 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 0.72 *** | 0.75 *** | 0.55 a***/0.54 b*** |
IGC 6 | 0.84 | 0.93 | 0.72 *** | 0.78 *** | 0.51 a***/0.51 b*** |
IGC 17 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.69 *** | 0.74 *** | 0.52 a***/0.46 b*** |
IGC 20 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.67 *** | 0.77 *** | 0.42 a***/0.48 b*** |
IGC 22 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.70 *** | 0.76 *** | 0.52 a***/0.48 b*** |
IGC 24 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.69 *** | 0.75 *** | 0.46 a***/0.51 b*** |
Factor 2: Perceived urges for playing Internet games | 0.81 | - | - | - | - |
IGC 7 | 0.76 | 0.93 | 0.71 *** | 0.79 *** | 0.59 a***/0.54 c*** |
IGC 9 | 0.76 | 0.93 | 0.65 *** | 0.79 *** | 0.51 a***/0.47 c*** |
IGC 10 | 0.76 | 0.93 | 0.65 *** | 0.81 *** | 0.48 a***/0.51 c*** |
IGC 13 | 0.75 | 0.93 | 0.67 *** | 0.80 *** | 0.54 a***/0.49 c*** |
Factor 3: Perceived unwillingness to stop playing without completion of gaming tasks | 0.72 | - | - | - | - |
IGC 1 | 0.66 | 0.93 | 0.60 *** | 0.73 *** | 0.47 b***/0.42 c*** |
IGC 2 | 0.72 | 0.93 | 0.52 *** | 0.68 *** | 0.36 b***/0.37 c*** |
IGC 8 | 0.61 | 0.93 | 0.69 *** | 0.79 *** | 0.55 b***/0.51 c*** |
IGC 11 | 0.64 | 0.93 | 0.72 *** | 0.75 *** | 0.60 b***/0.57 c*** |
Note: ***, p < 0.001; a, Pearson coefficient for the correlation analyses between factor 1 and factor 2; b, Pearson coefficient for the correlation analyses between factor 1 and factor 3; c, Pearson coefficient for the correlation analyses between factor 2 and factor 3.