Internet skills: relationship with Internet experience and verbal ability

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Published: Dec 30, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v9.n3.17473
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Internet skills, digital literacy, verbal ability, assessment

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Federico M. González
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología Instituto de Investigaciones
Jonathan G. Marrujo Sucno
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología Instituto de Investigaciones
Irene Injoque-Ricle
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología Instituto de Investigaciones
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7043-677X
Juan P. Barreyro
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología Instituto de Investigaciones
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1606-1049
Debora I. Burin
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología Instituto de Investigaciones
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2515-719X

Abstract

Internet skills include operational and procedural, navigation and search, and content and source evaluation skills. This study has sought to examine the factorial structure of the Internet Skills Scale (ISS), and the relationship between self-reported Internet skills, Internet experience (frequency, and number and type of activities), and verbal ability, in a sample of college students. Participants completed the ISS, questionnaires about habitual Internet use, and the BAIRES Test. Data analyses relied on factorial analytic techniques for ordinal data, and generalized linear models. A three factors model for the ISS showed good fit. Operational and evaluation skills were associated with frequency of Internet use and number of activities. Navigation and search were associated with verbal ability.

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González, F. M., Marrujo Sucno, J. G., Injoque-Ricle, I., Barreyro, J. P., & Burin, D. I. (2017). Internet skills: relationship with Internet experience and verbal ability. Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 9(3), 44–59. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v9.n3.17473
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Vol. 9 No. 3 (2017): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento
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Author Biographies

Irene Injoque-Ricle, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología Instituto de Investigaciones

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Juan P. Barreyro, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología Instituto de Investigaciones

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Debora I. Burin, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología Instituto de Investigaciones

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

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