%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of diagnostic criteria of DSM-IV-TR for diagnosis of internet addiction disorder
%A S.Salman Alavi
%A Fereshteh Jannatifard
%A Mehdi Eslami
%A Hossein Rezapour
%J Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
%D 2011
%I Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
%X Background: The latest version of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorder (DSM-IV-TR), classified internet addiction disorder under "impulse control disorder not elsewhere classified". This study evaluates diagnostic criteria of DSM-IV-TR for diagnosis of IAD correspondence with Iranian society and culture.Materials and Method: This is a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional research. For these purpose 400 students of Isfahan universities were entered into the study. Sampling method was quota sampling. At first we performed clinical interview (based on DSM-IV-TR) for all cases, then the interviews reevaluated by another specialist. Data analysis has been done by content validity, inter-scorer reliability (Kappa coefficient) and test-retest with SPSS1-14 software.Results: Content validity of diagnostic interviews match with DSM-IV-TR criteria and their content is appropriate, two items including "chatroom pathological use" and "monthly fees for internet" were added to promote its validity. Internal reliability (Kappa) was 0.80 and test ¨Cretest reliability was r=0.74(p<0.01).Conclusion: Results suggest that diagnostic criteria of DSM-IV-TR are valid and reliable for internet addiction diagnosis and with this clinical interview. We have a more effective way to diagnose internet addiction in the future studies
%K Internet
%K addictive behavior
%K DSM-IV-TR
%K students
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