A network analysis of the Internet Disorder Scale–Short Form (IDS9-SF): A large-scale cross-cultural study in Iran, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

The Internet Disorder Scale–Short Form (IDS9-SF) is a validated instrument assessing internet disorder which modified the internet gaming disorder criteria proposed in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). However, the relationships between the nine...

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Published in:Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) N.J.), 2023-09, Vol.42 (25), p.21994-22003
Main Authors: Li, Li, Mamun, Mohammed A., Al-Mamun, Firoj, Ullah, Irfan, Hosen, Ismail, Zia, Syed Ahsan, Poorebrahim, Ali, Pourgholami, Morteza, Lin, Chung-Ying, Pontes, Halley M., Griffiths, Mark D., Pakpour, Amir H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addiction
Addictive behavior
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Cross-country
Diagnosis
Ethnopsychology
Evaluation
Internet
Network analysis
Pathological Internet Use
Psychological research
Psychological tests
Psychology
Social Sciences
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Summary:The Internet Disorder Scale–Short Form (IDS9-SF) is a validated instrument assessing internet disorder which modified the internet gaming disorder criteria proposed in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). However, the relationships between the nine items in the IDS9-SF are rarely investigated. The present study used network analysis to investigate the features of the IDS9-SF among three populations in Bangladesh, Iran, and Pakistan. Data were collected ( N  = 1901; 957 [50.3%] females; 666 [35.0%] Pakistani, 533 [28.1%] Bangladesh, and 702 [36.9%] Iranians) using an online survey platform (e.g., Google Forms ). All the participants completed the IDS9-SF. The central-stability-coefficients of the nine IDS9-SF items were 0.71, 0.89, 0.96, 0.98, 0.98, 1.00, 0.67, 0.79, and 0.91, respectively. The node centrality was stable and interpretable in the network. The Network Comparison Test (NCT) showed that the network structure had no significant differences among Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Iranian participants ( p -values = 0.172 to 0.371). Researchers may also use the IDS9-SF to estimate underlying internet addiction for their target participants and further explore and investigate the phenomenon related to internet addiction.
ISSN:1046-1310
1936-4733
1936-4733
DOI:10.1007/s12144-022-03284-8