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    Factorial analysis and gender invariance of GPIUS2 scale and evaluation of Caplan’s cognitive-behavioral model of problematic Internet use in adolescents
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones, 2022) Marzo, Juan; García Oliva, Carlos; Piqueras, Jose A
    Caplan's (2010) revised cognitive-behavioral model of Problem-atic Internet Use (PIU) has become one of the most promising theoretical frameworks on such behavior in the last decade. The Generalized Prob-lematic Internet Use Scale (GPIUS2) (Caplan, 2010) has been adapted and validated for use with Spanish adolescents, but gender invariance has not been tested yet in this country. The present study focuses on three objec-tives: to confirm the factorial structure of GPIUS2, to analyze gender in-variance, and to test Caplan’s theoretical model, in a sample of Spanish ad-olescents. A cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample was com-posed of 909 participants from Spain, aged between 12 and 18 years (Mean age = 14.2, SD = 1.6). The results indicated a good fit of the GPIUS2 fac-tor structure and gender factorial invariance. Moreover, the cognitive-behavioral model fit the data. GPIUS2 has a very good structure and pre-sents gender factorial invariance, which favors its application in Spanish adolescent population. This study supports the cognitive-behavioral model of PIU.