Indonesian validation of the YouTube addiction scale among young adults

Ruckwongpatr, K, Nurmala, I, Muthmainnah, M, Salim, LA, Nadia, A, Devi, YP, Hsieh, G-J, Lin, Y-C, Pramukti, I, Chen, C-Y, Pakpour, AH, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524 and Lin, C-Y, 2025. Indonesian validation of the YouTube addiction scale among young adults. Psychiatry Investigation. ISSN 1738-3684

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Abstract

Objective: There is an increasing body of evidence suggesting that YouTube addiction may be associated with health issues among individuals in Indonesia. However, there is currently no validated instrument available in the Indonesian language to assess YouTube addiction. The present study represents the inaugural effort to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Indonesian version of the YouTube Addiction Scale (YAS).

Methods: An online survey was administered to 515 Indonesian university students (mean age=20 years; 79.8% female), who were recruited through convenience sampling. All participants were proficient in Bahasa Indonesian and completed the survey between February and March 2024. The YAS was evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess its one-factor structure. Additionally, multigroup CFA was employed to examine measurement invariance across sex and varying levels of behavioral addictions. Pearson correlation analysis was utilized to establish concurrent validity.

Results: CFA confirmed that YAS has a one-factor structure. Moreover, multigroup CFA provided evidence for invariance across genders as well as varying levels of smartphone and social media addiction. The YAS had acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach’s α=0.74, McDonald’s ω=0.76). Additionally, the YAS was significantly correlated with scores from other social media behavior questionnaires.

Conclusion: These results suggest that YAS is a psychometrically robust and valid tool for evaluating the risk of YouTube addiction among young adults in Indonesia. Healthcare professionals and researchers may utilize the YAS to determine the severity of YouTube addiction, thereby gaining valuable insights into this specific form of social media dependency.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Psychiatry Investigation
Creators:	Ruckwongpatr, K., Nurmala, I., Muthmainnah, M., Salim, L.A., Nadia, A., Devi, Y.P., Hsieh, G.-J., Lin, Y.-C., Pramukti, I., Chen, C.-Y., Pakpour, A.H., Griffiths, M.D. and Lin, C.-Y.
Publisher:	Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
Date:	25 September 2025
ISSN:	1738-3684
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.30773/pi.2025.0081 DOI 2504337 Other
Rights:	Copyright © 2025 Korean Neuropsychiatric Association. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Borcherds
Date Added:	26 Sep 2025 15:10
Last Modified:	26 Sep 2025 15:10
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/54468

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