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*Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS)*
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 04-02-2021
last updated: 04-02-2021 by K.Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software LLC
Script Copyright © 04-02-2021 Millisecond Software
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BACKGROUND INFO
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This script implements the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) by Meerkert et al (2009).
Reference
Meerkerk, G.J., Van Den Eijnden, R.J., Vermulst, A.A., & Garretsen, H.F. (2009).
The Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS): some psychometric properties.
Cyberpsychol Behav, 12(1), 1-6.
doi: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0181. PMID: 19072079.
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OVERVIEW
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14 5-point Likert scale items to cover 5 core elements of compulsive internet use:
Items 1, 2, 5, and 9 covers loss of control
Items 3, 8, 10, and 11 covering conflict
Items 4, 6, and 7 covers preoccupation
Items 12 and 13 cover coping
Item 14 covers withdrawal symptoms
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DURATION
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 1 minute to complete
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DATA FILE INFORMATION
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The default data stored in the data files are:
(1) Raw data file: 'cius.iqdat'
date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber
subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build: the Inquisit build
q*_response: response given (in assigned values)
Scale: never (0) - very often (4)
q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular
question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited)
(2) Summary data file: 'cius_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
inquisit.build: the version/build of Inquisit
script.startdate: date script was run
script.starttime: time script was started
script.subjectid: assigned subject id number
script.groupid: assigned group id number
script.sessionid: assigned session id number
script.elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
script.completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted);
1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
cius_totalscore: the sum of all 14 individual responses (on scale from 0-4)
Range: 0 - 56
+ responses to the individual 14 items
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EDITABLE CODE
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check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc.
Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code
to further customize your experiment.
The parameters you can change are: