Psychological Development and Education ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (2): 176-182.

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Constructing Internet Use Decisional Balance Questionnaire in University Students

LIU Qin-xue1,2, SU Wen-liang3, FANG Xiao-yi2, LUO Zhe-hui2   

  1. 1. National Key Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Institute of Developmental psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    3. Department of Applied Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108
  • Online:2010-03-15 Published:2010-03-15

Abstract: The Internet Use Decisional Balance Questionnaire(IDBQ)was constructed based on our interview and other researches in this area.Data were collected from 1166 Chinese undergraduate students from 7 universities. The initial sample was splitrandomly into wtosamples in proportion about 2:3(N1=441;N2=725).An exploratory factor ana lysis(EFA)and a confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)were conducted on the two samples respectively.The results showed that IDBQ included two subscales:pros and cons.The pros subscale included 4 dmiensions:mood relaxing,know ledge acquiring,communication facilitating,and ach ievement obtaining;the cons subscale included 4 d miensions:relationship harming,schooling abandoning,vacuous&distress,and money wasting.IDBQ showed good reliability and valid ity and could serve as a measurement tool on university students. decision balance about internet use in China.

Key words: undergraduate students, internetuse, internet addiction, decisional balance questionnaire

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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