The Protocol Study of Developing and Studying of Psychometric Properties of Psychosocial and Occupational Performance Assessment for Adolescents Internet Users in India

Abstract

In concern with the emerging issue in problematic use of internet among adolescents, there is an urgent need to develop and validate a tool to measure the occupational performance and psychosocial variables 1) To develop psychosocial and occupational performance assessment for adolescent’s internet users in India.2) To establish strong psychometric properties for the developed psychosocial and occupational performance assessment for adolescent’s internet users in India. There are three main phases, each of which describes and explains population, sample, sampling technique, setting area, instrument, data collection, and data analysis. Phase I: Concept formation and development of the test – the background analysis is carried out though review of literature and operation definition for construct of the test is framed. Then the test items are generated through focus group discussion and through conduction of semi structured interview from subject matter experts. Phase II: Pilot study to validate the developed tool's content through 1,000 adolescents for preliminary samples analysis. The collected data is analyzed though SPSS IBM 24. There is item reduction and factor analysis. Phase III: Test-retest reliability, internal consistency reliability, concurrent validity, and construct validity are established. The norm for the developed test is also established. The norm for developed test is also established. The study expects the developed tool will be helpful in screening and to assessing the severity level of internet addiction among adolescents. It will lead to development of intervention module for dealing with PIU in adolescents. Conclusion and recommendations, the anticipated conclusion of the study will be a pioneer of develop new tool in the field of occupational therapy professionals. The recommendation to find an intervention role with multiple co-morbid conditions offers great value.