Psychometric Analysis of “The Instagram Addiction Scale”

Abstract

The urgency of the problem of Internet addiction today is undeniable, the significance of this problem has especially increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article presents the results of adaptation of the questionnaire “The Instagram Addiction Scale” (TIAS) for diagnosing the level of dependence on the social network Instagram* in a Russian-speaking sample (n = 416). The psychometric characteristics of the Russian-language version of the questionnaire were assessed: reliability by internal consistency, construct validity and factor structure. According to the results of adaptation, the TIAS questionnaire has good psychometric indicators.