The Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS): Some Psychometric Properties

By Gert-Jan Meerkerk, R. J. Eijnden, Ad A. Vermulst, Henk F. L. Garretsen. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2009

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An international consensus for assessing internet gaming disorder using the new DSM-5 approach. (2014, background): “For example, pre-occupation has been assessed by items ranging from: ‘Did you spend much free time on games?’ to ‘How often do you stay online until the last minute when you have to leave?’ to ‘How often do you look forward to your next internet session?’ [17,38,39].”
Problematic Use of the Internet and Self-Regulation: A Review of the Initial Studies (2012, methodology): “Other questionnaires have also been developed to investigate PIU, such as the Online Cognition Scale [22], the Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale [23], and the Compulsive Internet Use Scale [24].”
Assessing Internet Addiction Using the Parsimonious Internet Addiction Components Model—A Preliminary Study (2013, methodology): “The aim is to provide converging evidence concerning the degree to which Griffiths’ addiction components model (Griffiths 2005) can organize the self-reported behavioural components of possible Internet addiction using the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) (Meerkerk et al. 2009) and the Assessmen”
The measurement of Internet addiction: A critical review of existing scales and their psychometric properties (2014, methodology): “, 2012; Wartberg, Petersen, Kammerl, Rosenkranz, & Thomasius, 2013), particularly related to ‘‘compulsive and impulse control elements’’ (Meerkerk et al., 2009).”
The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on internet use and escapism in adolescents (2020, background): “Internet addiction is often seen as addiction to certain online activities rather than addiction to internet itself (Meerkerk et al., 2009).”
Online communication, compulsive Internet use, and psychosocial well-being among adolescents: a longitudinal study. (2008, methodology): “To measure compulsive Internet use, the shortened version of a recently developed and validated scale was used: the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (Meerkerk et al., 2008).”
Internet Gaming Addiction: A Systematic Review of Empirical Research (2012, methodology): “Similarly, a variety of measurement instruments was used in order to assess the specified problematic/addictive behaviors, namely the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (Meerkerk et al. 2009), the Problematic Video Game Playing Test (adapted from Young 1998), the Problem Video Game Playing Scale (Salguer”
A Psychometric Comparison of the Internet Addiction Test, the Internet-Related Problem Scale, and Self-Diagnosis (2011, positive): “8 Previous studies have explored the psychometric properties of available instruments to measure Internet addiction—particularly the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) 9 and the Internet-Related Problem Scale (IRPS).”
Internet Addiction or Excessive Internet Use (2010, methodology): “The Questionnaire of Ex- periences Related to Internet has been validated in Spain (14), the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) in Holland (15), and the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ) in Hungary (16).”
The uses and abuses of Facebook: A review of Facebook addiction (2014, background): “This approach has led to confusion surrounding the appropriate criteria with which to measure Internet addiction, and has contributed to the underlying sense of conceptual chaos in the field (Meerkerk et al., 2009).”
Theory and measurement of generalized problematic Internet use: A two-step approach (2010, methodology): “Similarly, Meerkerk et al. (2009) employed confirmatory analysis to validate their compulsive Internet use scale, but that instrument did not assess other aspects of GPIUS. elements of Davis’ (2001) cognitive-behavioral theory of GPIU, Caplan’s (2003, 2005) work with preference for online social…”