Internet Addiction Test - the question form
Questions: 20 · 4 minutes
1. How often do you find that you stay online longer than you intended?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
2. How often do you neglect household responsibilities to spend more time online?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
3. How often do you prefer online entertainment to being intimate with your partner?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
4. How often do you form new friendships online?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
5. How often do people you know complain about how much time you spend online?
1 – Rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
6. How often does the time you spend online negatively affect your education or work?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
7. How often do you check your email before doing something else?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
8. How often does your work performance or productivity suffer because of your internet use?
1 – Rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
9. How often do you avoid talking about, or try to hide, what you have been doing online when someone asks?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
10. How often do you push unpleasant thoughts about your life aside by replacing them with comforting thoughts about the Internet?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
11. How often do you feel a pleasant anticipation about going online?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
12. How often do you fear that life without the Internet would be boring, empty, and uninteresting?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
13. How often do you feel irritated or shout if someone interrupts you while you are online?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
14. How often do you lose sleep because you stay online late?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
15. How often do you feel preoccupied with the Internet when you are not online, or imagine that you are online?
1 – Rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
16. How often do you say, “Just a few more minutes…” while online?
1 – Rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
17. How often do you try unsuccessfully to cut down the amount of time you spend online?
1 - Very rarely
2 - Sometimes
3 - Often
4 - Very often
5 - Always
18. How often do you try to hide how much time you spend online?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
19. How often do you prefer being online rather than meeting people in person?
1 - Very rarely
2 - Sometimes
3 - Often
4 - Very often
5 - Always
20. How often do you feel depressed, in a low mood, or nervous when you are not online, which soon goes away once you go online?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always