The 20 items of the IAS are calibrated scores ranging from 1 to 5 (given a total score ranging from 20 to 100), with higher scores reflecting a greater tendency toward addiction. Three types of Internet user groups were identified, internet addicts, showing limited symptoms and showing no symptoms, whose scores were higher than 80, between 50-79 and below 50. The internal consistency (Cronbach alpha coefficient) of the Turkish IAS is .90 .
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