Clinical Usefulness of a Short Version of the Internet Addiction Test to Screen for Probable Internet Addiction in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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ID15471371
AuthorsMasaru Tateno (0000-0002-5084-0193, Sapporo Medical University, corresponding author), Kazumasa Horie (0000-0002-8006-1932, Kyushu University), Tomohiro Shirasaka (0000-0003-2873-4025, Teine Keijinkai Hospital), Kotaro Nanba, Eri Shiraishi, Yukie Tateno, Takahiro A Kato (0000-0001-5169-2930, Kyushu University)
Year2023
Volume20
Issue5
Pages4670-4670
Publication date2023-03-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20054670
PMID36901680
OpenAlexW4323362622
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

Internet addiction (IA) is defined as the condition of being addicted to all sorts of activities on the Internet. Individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), may be susceptible to IA. Early detection and intervention for probable IA are important to prevent severe IA. In this study, we investigated the clinical usefulness of a short version of the Internet Addiction Test (s-IAT) for the screening of IA among autistic adolescents. The subjects were 104 adolescents with a confirmed diagnosis of ASD. They were requested to answer 20 questions from the original Internet Addiction Test (IAT). In the data analysis process, we comparatively calculated the sum of scores to the 12 questions of s-IAT. In total, 14 of the 104 subjects were diagnosed as having IA based on the face-to-face clinical interview that was regarded as the gold standard. Statistical analysis suggested that the optimal cut-off for s-IAT was at 35. When we applied the cut-off of 70 on the IAT, only 2 of 14 subjects (14.3%) with IA were screened positive, whereas 10 (71.4%) of them were screened by using the cut-off point of 35 on s-IAT. The s-IAT might be useful for the screening of IA in adolescents with ASD

Addiction · Autism · Autism spectrum disorder · Behavioral addiction · Gold standard (test · Internet addiction disorder · Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Test (biology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Child Development and Digital Technology · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology · Internal Medicine

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