- Title
- Measurement Invariance of the Questionnaire on the Internal Stigma of Internet Surfing Among Sino-Australian Undergraduates
- Creator
- Luo, Jie; Ge, Ying; Hao, Ji-chun; Wilkinson, Ross B.; Wenger, Jay L.
- Relation
- Frontiers in Psychiatry Vol. 13, Issue 9 February 2022, no. 823504
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.823504
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Background: The stigma of internet surfing is a relatively new area of study arising from the popularity of the internet. The Questionnaire on the Internal Stigma of Internet Surfing-9 (QISIS-9) was developed for the Chinese culture, so its suitability for use in other cultural contexts is uncertain. This paper examines the measurement invariance of the QISIS-9 among Sino-Australian undergraduates to verify the cross-cultural measurement invariance of QISIS-9 and promote cross-cultural (nationality) research regarding the internal stigma of internet surfing. Methods: The Internal Stigma of Internet Surfing-9 (QISIS-9) was used to assess 200 Chinese undergraduates (50% female, Mage = 19.78) and 204 Australian undergraduates (76% female, Mage = 21.10), respectively. Results: A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated that the single-factor model of QISIS-9 is acceptable with both Chinese and Australian undergraduates. However, the factor loading of Item 9, to which a reverse score is assigned, is not ideal for both samples. Thus, the item should be deleted. According to a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MCFA), QISIS-8, the revised version of QISIS-9, meets the strict measurement invariance among the Chinese and Australian participants. The QISIS-8 demonstrated appropriate internal consistency in the scores for both the Chinese and Australian undergraduates. Conclusion: The new QISIS-8 can effectively assess the internal stigma of internet surfing among Chinese and Australian undergraduates, and it provides a frame of reference for further cross-cultural (border) comparisons.
- Subject
- stigma; internal stigma of Internet surfing; Questionnaire on the Internal Stigma of Internet Surfing-9 (QISIS); measurement invariance; Sino-Australian undergraduates
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1469264
- Identifier
- uon:48185
- Identifier
- ISSN:1664-0640
- Language
- eng
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