Welcome to the Parent-Child Internet Addiction Test

While we are pretty skeptical about considering excessive internet use an actual addiction (since it appears to lack many of the characteristics normally associated with bona fide addiction), nonetheless, this 20-question self-test may help you to identify areas of your child's life which may be impacted by excessive internet use. Please read our disclaimer on psychological testing and our psychological testing privacy guarantee.

Completing this Psychological Screening Test

To take the questionnaire, please click the radio button next to the selection which best reflects how each statement applies to your child. Be sure to base your answers only on the time your child spends online for non-academic related purposes.

Take the Quiz

Please note: This test will only be scored correctly if you answer each one of the questions.

1. How often does your child disobey time limits you set for online use?

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2. How often does your child neglect household chores to spend more time online?

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3. How often does your child prefer to spend time online rather than with the rest of your family?

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4. How often does your child form new relationships with fellow online users?

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5. How often do you complain about the amount of time your child spends online?

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6. How often do your child's grades suffer because of the amount of time he or she spends online?

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7. How often does your child check his or her e-mail before doing something else?

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8. How often does your child seem withdrawn from others since discovering the internet?

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9. How often does your child become defensive or secretive when asked what he or she does online?

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10. How often have you caught your child sneaking online against your wishes?

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11. How often does your child spend time alone in his or her room playing on the computer?

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12. How often does your child receive strange phone calls from new "online" friends?

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13. How often does your child snap, yell, or act annoyed if bothered while online?

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14. How often does your child seem more tired and fatigued than he or she did before the internet came along?

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15. How often does your child seem preoccupied with being back online when offline?

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16. How often does your child throw tantrums with your interference about how long he or she spends online?

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17. How often has your child choose to spend time online rather than doing once enjoyed hobbies and/or outside interests?

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18. How often does your child become angry or belligerent when you place time limits on how much time he or she is allowed to spend online?

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19. How often does your child choose to spend more time online than going out with friends?

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20. How often does your child feel depressed, moody, or nervous when offline which seems to goes away once back online?

  • Rarely
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About Scoring this Psychological Questionnaire

Scoring:

  • 1 point Rarely
  • 2 points Occasionally
  • 3 points Frequently
  • 4 points Often
  • 5 points Often

When your quiz is scored, one of 3 different information pages will appear to describe the results for scores in your range.

Generally speaking, the higher your child's score, the more impact internet usage may be having on his or her life.

Additional Information

The Parent-Child Internet Addiction Test is adapted from Dr. Kimberley S. Young's book Caught in the Net [Amazon UK | Amazon US].

This page was last reviewed by Dr Greg Mulhauser, Tuesday, 22 April 2008.

The URL of this page is:
http://counsellingresource.com/quizzes/internet-addiction-parents/index.html