Internet Addiction Test, IAT - the question form
Questions: 20 · 4 minutes
1. How often do you find that you stay online longer than you intended?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Sometimes
3 – Regularly
4 – Often
5 – Always
2. How often do you neglect household chores to spend more time online?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Occasionally
3 – Frequently
4 – Often
5 – Always
3. How often do you prefer being online to intimate time with your partner?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Occasionally
3 – Regularly
4 – Often
5 – Always
4. How often do you form new relationships with other Internet users while you are online?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Occasionally
3 – Frequently
4 – Often
5 – Always
5. How often do others ask about the amount of time you spend online?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Occasionally
3 – Often
4 – Frequently
5 – Always
6. How often do your academic or work performance suffer because you spend too much time online?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Sometimes
3 – Regularly
4 – Often
5 – Always
7. How often do you check your email before doing something else that you need to do?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Sometimes
3 – Frequently
4 – Often
5 – Always
8. How often does your work productivity suffer because of your Internet use?
1 - Rarely or never
2 - Sometimes
3 - Frequently
4 - Often
5 - Always
9. How often do you become defensive or secretive when someone asks what you are doing online?
1 - Rarely or never
2 - Occasionally
3 - Frequently
4 - Often
5 - Always
10. How often do you block out troubling thoughts about your real life with comforting thoughts about the Internet?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Sometimes
3 – Regularly
4 – Often
5 – Always
11. How often do you find yourself anticipating the next time you will go online?
1 - Rarely or never
2 - Sometimes
3 - Frequently
4 - Often
5 - Always
12. How often do you feel that life without the Internet is boring, empty, and joyless?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Sometimes
3 – Frequently
4 – Often
5 – Always
13. How often do you become upset, shout, or otherwise express annoyance when someone tries to distract you from being online?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Sometimes
3 – Regularly
4 – Often
5 – Always
14. How often do you lose sleep because you stay online late at night?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Sometimes
3 – Regularly
4 – Often
5 – Always
15. How often do you look forward to what you will do online while you are offline, or daydream about being online?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Sometimes
3 – Regularly
4 – Often
5 – Always
16. How often do you tell yourself "just a few more minutes" when you are online?
1 - Rarely or never
2 - Sometimes
3 - Regularly
4 - Often
5 - Always
17. How often do you fail in your attempts to reduce the amount of time you spend online?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Frequently
5 – Always
18. How often do you try to hide how much time you spend online?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Sometimes
3 – Regularly
4 – Often
5 – Always
19. How often do you choose to spend time online rather than go out with friends?
1 – Rarely or never
2 – Sometimes
3 – Regularly
4 – Often
5 – Always
20. How often do you feel depressed, down, or nervous when you are offline, and find that this feeling goes away once you are online?
Rarely or never
Sometimes
Regularly
Often
Always