The Internet addiction components model and personality: Establishing construct validity via a nomological network

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Highlights：

• Internet addiction (IA) appears as potential health problem in various populations.

• The Internet addiction components model (IACM) typifies IA as behavioral addiction.

• The construct validity of the IACM is established via a nomological network.

• The predictive accuracy of personality traits on the IAC factor is verified.

• The IACM appears as parsimonious tool for initial screening of potential clients.

摘要

•Internet addiction (IA) appears as potential health problem in various populations.•The Internet addiction components model (IACM) typifies IA as behavioral addiction.•The construct validity of the IACM is established via a nomological network.•The predictive accuracy of personality traits on the IAC factor is verified.•The IACM appears as parsimonious tool for initial screening of potential clients.

论文关键词：Internet addiction,Addiction components model,Personality,Nomological network,Construct validity

论文评审过程：Available online 10 August 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.031