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Behavior Modification
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Internet Use and Misuse : Preliminary Findings from a New Assessment Instrument
Robert J. Rotunda, Steven J. Kass, Melanie A. Sutton and David T. Leon
Behav Modif 2003 27: 484
DOI: 10.1177/0145445503255600
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BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION / AND MISUSE
10.1177/0145445503255600USE September 2003
Internet Use and Misuse
Preliminary Findings From
a New Assessment Instrument
ROBERT J. ROTUNDA
STEVEN J. KASS
MELANIE A. SUTTON
DAVID T. LEON
University of West Florida
The Internet is an affordable and easily accessible technology that has many potential applications to psychology. Interactive technologies engage users psychologically and may facilitate
adaptive and maladaptive behaviors. This research explored the Internet-use patterns, psychological characteristics, and negative consequences associated with online activities of 393 college students using the Internet Use Survey (IUS), a self-report instrument designed to administer online. Results indicated that participants spent an average of 3.3 total hours per day on the
Internet during the past 12 months and used the medium for multiple purposes. Although participants reported the occurrence of some potentially negative consequences related to Internet use,
the prevalence rates for most...