Table 1 Items used in the second National Mental Health Survey of Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing to measure behaviour related to Internet use and electronic gaming
The next question(s) are about your internet use. This may be internet accessed on a computer, mobile phone or tablet. Internet use includes accessing social media such as Facebook or Twitter, emailing, looking at websites or chatting online. The questions are about the time you use the internet which is not related to your school work or for work purposes. |
YIU3. Do you use the internet? |
2 – Yes |
0 – No |
ASK IF YIU3 = YES. |
YIU4. On an average weekday approximately how much time do you spend on the internet? |
1 - Less than 1 hour |
2 - 1–2 hours |
3 - 3–4 hours |
4 - 5–6 hours |
5 - 7–8 hours |
6 - 9–10 hours |
7 - 11 hours or more |
YIU5. On an average day on the weekend approximately how much time do you spend on the internet? |
1 - Less than 1 hour |
2 - 1–2 hours |
3 - 3–4 hours |
4 - 5–6 hours |
5 - 7–8 hours |
6 - 9–10 hours |
7 - 11 hours or more |
ASK ALL. |
The next question(s) are about your electronic game use. Electronic games can be games that you play on an Xbox or similar console, online, on a handheld device, your computer, or mobile phone. |
YIU6. Do you play electronic games? |
2 – Yes |
0 – No |
ASK IF YIU6 = Yes |
YIU7. On an average weekday approximately how much time do you spend playing electronic games? |
1 - Less than 1 hour |
2 - 1–2 hours |
3 - 3–4 hours |
4 - 5–6 hours |
5 - 7–8 hours |
6 - 9–10 hours |
7 - 11 hours or more |
YIU8. On an average weekend day approximately how much time do you spend playing electronic games? |
1 - Less than 1 hour |
2 - 1–2 hours |
3 - 3–4 hours |
4 - 5–6 hours |
5 - 7–8 hours |
6 - 9–10 hours |
7 - 11 hours or more |
ASK IF YIU3 = YES OR YIU6 = YES. |
YIU9. Do you go without eating or sleeping because of the internet or electronic games? |
1 - Never/almost never |
2 - Not very often |
3 - Fairly often |
4 - Very often |
YIU10. Do you feel bothered when you cannot be on the internet or play electronic games? |
1 - Never/almost never |
2 - Not very often |
3 - Fairly often |
4 - Very often |
YIU11. Do you catch yourself surfing the internet or playing electronic games when you are not really interested? |
1 - Never/almost never |
2 - Not very often |
3 - Fairly often |
4 - Very often |
YIU12. Do you spend less time than you should with family or friends or doing school work/work because of the time you spent on the internet or playing electronic games? |
1 - Never/almost never |
2 - Not very often |
3 - Fairly often |
4 - Very often |
YIU13. Have you tried unsuccessfully to spend less time on the internet or playing electronic games? |
1 - Never/almost never |
2 - Not very often |
3 - Fairly often |
4 - Very often |