The current study attempts to explore and measure the multidimensional nature of Internet Addiction in India. Based on prior studies and respondent interviews, certain themes were developed. These themes were combined with items from Young’s Internet addiction test (IAT) to propose an initial 25-item questionnaire. The scale was first administered on a sample of 294 urban Indian adults and subjected to an exploratory factor analysis (EFA). This resulted in four factors, namely Internet compulsive disorder (ICD), Internet craving (IC), Internet obsession (IO) and addictive behaviour (AB). Eight items with loadings below 0.5 were removed. The obtained 17-item scale was validated on a new sample of 320 Internet users. Findings from the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) further confirmed the four-factor structure. The goodness of fit indices were found to be within acceptable limits. The instrument had satisfactory construct validity and high reliability scores. The study makes a unique contribution towards measuring and evaluating Internet addiction as a multidimensional construct and is aimed at enhancing our understanding of the impact of Internet platform on human psychology and behaviours.

当前的研究试图探索和衡量印度互联网成瘾的多维性质。根据先前的研究和受访者的访谈，确定了某些主题。这些主题与Young's Internet上瘾测试（IAT）的项目相结合，提出了最初的25个项目的问卷。该量表首先在294名印度城市成年人的样本上进行了调查，并进行了探索性因素分析（EFA）。这导致了四个因素，即互联网强迫症（ICD），互联网渴望（IC），互联网痴迷（IO）和成瘾行为（AB）。负载低于0.5的八个项目被删除。在320名互联网用户的新样本中验证了所获得的17个项目的量表。验证性因素分析（CFA）的结果进一步证实了四因素结构。发现拟合指数的优良度在可接受的范围内。该仪器具有令人满意的构造效度和高可靠性评分。该研究对衡量和评估互联网成瘾作为一个多维结构做出了独特的贡献，旨在加深我们对互联网平台对人类心理和行为影响的理解。