Twenty questions about how online activity may affect time, responsibilities, relationships, sleep, and mood.
Method and research sourcesIAT is a widely used self-report measure of problematic internet-use patterns, including time loss, failed control, preoccupation, concealment, mood regulation, and interference with daily life.
Each item is scored from 0 for ‘does not apply’ to 5 for ‘always’. The 20 values are summed to a total from 0 to 100.
The foundational paper, early psychometric study, and systematic review/meta-analysis are listed below.
Kimberly S. Young
Laura Widyanto, Mary McMurran
Sun Jae Moon, Jin Seub Hwang, Jae Yup Kim, Ah Lahm Shin, Seung Min Bae, Jung Won Kim
Resources are linked by digital habits and impact, not by an automatic addiction label.
Assess how internet use affects sleep, responsibilities and relationships, distinguish enjoyment from loss of control and make a realistic plan for yourself or a child.
Understand the procrastination cycle, how self-criticism maintains it, and which small experiments can move you from pressure towards action.
Answer ten SAS-SV questions about smartphone-related interference, preoccupation, loss of control, and discomfort.
Measure habitual decisional delay, delayed task initiation, and lateness with the 12-item Pure Procrastination Scale.
Complete the 18-item WHO Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale v1.1.
Reflect on urges, spending tendency, consequences, and guilt with the 13-item Edwards Compulsive Buying Scale.
No. The IAT is a screening and research measure, and the broad label is not a single formal diagnosis.
Answer with non-essential use in mind where possible. High required use can inflate some items without loss of control.
The commonly used six-response version includes a zero option so irrelevant situations do not add points.
