Abstract

The purpose of this study was to conduct delphi survey to experts on Internet addiction and consider their views and deduct their agreement on whether to develop an alternate term for 'Internet addiction' or continue to use the same term. The first draft of the delphi survey was developed with help from National Information Society Agency who synthetically establish policies on Internet addiction. The delphi analysis was conducted over two times to 20 specialists on Internet addiction. SPSS 21.0 program was used for data analysis to get the mean and standard deviation values for each survey question. CVR(Content Validity Ratio) values for each question were calculated using the formula for internal validity that Lawshe(1975) has suggested. As a result, most of the delphi subjects agreed to use the same term 'Internet addiction'. The next most common opinion were to replace the term with 'Internet heavy use' followed by the term 'Internet overdependence'. These results have significance that they can be used in future research on Internet addiction and establish prevention or rehabilitation services.