The Purpose of this study was to develop an web-based test for searching internet addiction related factors. For this, six paper and pencil type tests that are internet circumstances survey, internet addiction test, short personality test, short behav ...
The Purpose of this study was to develop an web-based test for searching internet addiction related factors. For this, six paper and pencil type tests that are internet circumstances survey, internet addiction test, short personality test, short behavior diagnosis test, anxiety scale, and depression scale were developed prior to the web-based test. After the reliability and validity of the scales in these tests were examined, the tests were transferred into web-based form. The client programs were developed in form of homepages and the server programs were developed using Red Hat Linux 8.0 and Kernal 2.4.20 for Operating System, MySQL for Data Base, Apache rpm HTTPD-2.0.40 for Web Server, and PHP and Java Script for Language. Interactions of the client-server programs have been tested and implemented on world wide web at http://iaddiction.educyber.org/
enter001.htm.
The correlation coefficiencies between internet addiction test and short behavior diagnosis test, anxiety scale, and depression scale range 0.35 ~ 0.39. And the correlation coefficiencies between internet addiction test and subtests of short personality test that are stability, self-control, and activeness also show meaningful relations.
This on-line aptitude test has several strong points. First, any respondent can take the test individually at appropriate place at any time. Second, the test results and interpretations are given right after testing. Third, test results are accumulated automatically as data for future analysis. Forth, individual information can be securely protected in on-line test compare to paper-pencil and/or face to face test.
The limits of this study are as follows. First, item parameters of the on-line test are using those of paper-pencil type test. It is recommended that the item parameters be replaced after on-line test results are accumulated. Second, computer literacy is necessary for taking this kind of on-line test.