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Internet Addiction Test (IAT)

Developed by Dr. Kimberly Young

20-item questionnaire measuringmild, moderate, and severe levelsof Internet Addiction

To assess your level of addiction, answer the following questions using this scale:

0 = Does not apply.1 = Rarely.2 = Occasionally.3 = Frequently.4 = Often.5 = Always.

How often do you find that youstay on-line longer than you intended?

0 = Does not apply. 1 = Rarely. 2 = Occasionally. 3 = Frequently. 4 = Often. 5 = Always.

1

How often do you neglect household chores to spend more time on-line?


2

How often do you prefer the excitement of the Internet to intimacy with your partner?


3

How often do you form new relationships with fellow on-line users?


4

How often do others in your life complain to you about the amount of time you spend on-line?


5

How often do your grades or school work suffer because of the amount of time you spend on-line?

6


How often do you check your e-mail before something else that you need to do?


7

How often does your job performance or productivity suffer because of the Internet?


8

How often do you become defensive or secretive when anyone asks you what you do on-line?


9

How often do you block out disturbing thoughts about your life with soothing thoughts of the Internet?


10

How often do you find yourself anticipating when you will go on-line again?


11

How often do you fear that life without the Internet would be boring, empty, and joyless?


12

How often do you snap, yell, or act annoyed if someone bothers you while you are on-line?


13

How often do you lose sleep due to late-night log-ins?


14

How often do you feel preoccupied with the Internet when off-line, or fantasize about being on-line?


15

How often do you find yourself saying "just a few more minutes" when on-line?


16

How often do you try to cut down the amount of time you spend on-line and fail?


17

How often do you try to hide how long you've been on-line?


18

How often do you choose to spend more time on-line over going out with others?


19

How often do you feel depressed, moody, or nervous when you are off-line, which goes away once you are back on-line?


20

The higher your score,the greater your level of addiction and the problems your Internet usage causes.

20 - 49 points: You are an average on-line user. You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, but you have control over your usage.

50 -79 points: You are experiencing occasional or frequent problems because of the Internet. You should consider their full impact on your life.

80 - 100 points: Your Internet usage is causing significant problems in your life. You should evaluate the impact of the Internet on your life and address the problems directly caused by your Internet usage.

What is Internet Addiction?

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Excessive amounts of time on the Internet

Problems with relationships and even with work or performance

Symptoms①Staying online longer than intended②Neglecting household chores to spend more time

online③Grades/school work/job performance/productivity

suffer due to the amount of time spent online④Often checking your e-mail before something else

that you need to do⑤Defensive or secretive when asked what you do

online

⑥Anticipating going online again⑦Fear of a boring, empty, and joyless life

without the Internet⑧Sleep loss due to late-night log-ins⑨Feel preoccupied with the Internet when

offline or fantasize about being online⑩Failed attempts of trying to cut down the

amount of time spent online

CategoriesA. Online Games

Common cause Playing more than 12 hours per day

B. Online Shopping: 2 kinds of addictions mainly Buying items from online shops. Auction type buying

-bidding on an item in an online

auction and then overbidding just to win the item

Addiction

C. Online Gambling/PornographyFor the thrill of possibly winning money by gambling and satisfying one’s desire

Addiction

“Among 2 hundred million internet users, about 110,000,000 of them are internet

addicted, almost 57%.”—American Psychology Association (August 1998)

The Property of the InternetA. Virtuality

Degeneration (reliance, sincerity) Out of suppression Commit sex and attack“I am extraordinary in the internet but in real life I have nothing. When I am alone, I suddenly realized that everything I worked on in the computer is nothing…”

B. Anonymous High security More self-exposure Low reality Sheer Stage Effect

(self-exposure and desire to peep)

C. RetripD. ConvenienceE. Simple rules

The Psychological Quality ofInternet Addicts

Low self-confidenceUnsure about self-valueBad social relationshipPoor coping (adjustments to life)

Weak family function

Psychoanalysis:Mental Defense Mechanisms心理防衛機轉Ego self-defenseDealing with frustration and anxietySubconscious

Compensation Direct Compensation Indirect Compensation

DisplacementFantasyIdentification

RPG Multi- User Dungeon(MUD) Ex. Lineage, RO Imagination of appearance Attraction of identification Cohesion in the game

4 Motives1. Self-affirmation

To prove one’s ability Sense of accomplishment To satisfy the desire of power

2. Anonymous Interact with others in different

behavior patterns Become any character one wants to be

3. Social learn Socialize in the virtual society to find

comrades Learn more

4. Escape and belonging: Escape from reality

and Why.Blogging…

Blogs=Online Diaries?

More like… RADIO SHOWS!

Social Activity

In Order to…Update others on activities and

whereaboutsExpress opinions to influence othersSeek others’ opinions and feedback“Think by writing”Release emotional tension

Limited Interactivity

in GING

Facebook

Social networking websiteFounder: Mark ZuckerbergMany users

Addiction

Body Alert!InsomniaDeep Vein ThrombosisLapse of memoryAttention-deficit DisorderCarpal tunnel syndromeEye and shoulder painEpilepsy syndrome

Just Give It a Try…1. Practicing the opposite

Before attempting to turn on the computer, do something else…

2. External stoppersSet an alarm clock or reminding program

3. Setting time limits

4. Setting task prioritiesList the order of things that you have do first

5. Reminder cardsWrite down what’s good and bad about the Internet and paste beside your computer

6. Personal inventoryRemind yourself: don’t forget other activities!

Reference Young, Kimberly. “Internet Addiction Test.” netaddiction.com. The Center for Internet Addiction.

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Carter, Jerome. “Types of Computer Addiction.” EzineArticles.com. EzineArticles.com. 04 May 2007. Web. 09 Jun. 2010. <http://ezinearticles.com/?Types-of-Computer-Addiction&id=551846>.

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Discussion Questions

①Do you know anyone who is addicted to the Internet? Share your experience.

②What’s your opinion toward the many people who like to log in to MSN but pretend they are offline? Are you one of them?

③Which feature of the Internet attracts you the most? Why?

④Do you have your own blog? What effects or feedback do you expect from your (others’) blog? Share your opinion about blogging.

⑤Agree or disagree with the following statements: Internet porn is beneficial. Teens can benefit from participating in RPGs. People improve their ability to socialize by participating in internet chat rooms.

⑥What are the positive or negative influences of the many activities, for example online games, chat rooms, porn, people participate in online?

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