How to cite this article: Mishra A, Shrivastava P, Kumar M. Assessing the Psychometric Properties of The Internet Addic- tion Test (IAT) Among Indian School Students. Natl J Community Med 2023;14(8):485-490. DOI: 10.55489/njcm.140820233024 Copy Right: The Authors retain the copyrights of this article, with first publication rights granted to Medsci Publications. This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, adapt, and build upon the work commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given, and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. www.njcmindia.com│pISSN09763325│eISSN22296816│Published by Medsci Publications @2023 National Journal of Community Medicine│Volume 14│Issue 08│August 2023 Page 485 ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Assessing The Psychometric Properties of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) Among Indian School Students Aarti Mishra 1 , Priyamvada Shrivastava 2 , Mahendra Kumar 3* 1,2 Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India 3 AIBAS, Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur, India DOI: 10.55489/njcm.140820233024 A B S T R A C T Background: Internet addiction is found to be a growing global problem and India is not exceptional. Adoles- cents are more over addicted to internet and suffering with mental confusions and deviation in behaviour. Several instruments have been developed for assessment of Internet addiction. Internet Addiction Test (IAT) is the most widely used tool to assess internet addiction, but psychometric properties of the IAT have not yet been examined in the Indian adolescence. The aim was to examine the validity and reliability of the 20-item Internet Addiction Test in Indian School Students. Methodology: Seven hundred fifty-two students from a CBSE school of Raipur, India was randomly selected in our study. The reliability and validity of IAT was examined. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to exam- ine the structural validity of IAT. Results: It was found that the factor loading of the IAT varied between 0.40 and 0.82. Cronbach’s alpha coeffi- cient for the scale was found to be 905. The total correlations were calculated and had a value range from 0.406 to 0.659 for the 20 items. The psychometric properties indicate that the factor loading reveal that the test revolve around six factors (Salience, Excessive Use, Neglected Work, Anticipation, Lack of Control, and Neglected Social Life). The Cronbach’s alpha is high for all the 6 components. IAT is a proper tool for evaluat- ing internet addiction in Indian school students. Conclusions: The findings obtained in this study indicate that overall, IAT has adequate psychometric prop- erties for the assessment of internet addiction in Indian school students. Keywords: Reliability, Validity, Internet Addiction Test A R T I C L E I N F O Financial Support: None declared Conflict of Interest: None declared Received: 28-05-2023, Accepted: 01-07-2023, Published: 01-08-2023 *Correspondence: Mahendra Kumar (E-mail: mksahu4135@gmail.com)