Rahman Institute of Higher Education Journal of Modern Psychology 2783-4433 6 2 2026 04 01 Development and Psychometric Validation of the Emotional Experience of Internet Shutdown Scale (EEISS) in Iranian University Students ساخت و اعتبارسنجی مقیاس تجربه هیجانی قطع اینترنت (EEISS) در دانشجویان ایرانی 55 70 250319 10.22034/jmp.2026.590196.1178 EN Mehdi Shomali Ahmadabadi Ph.D. in Psychology, Department of Education, Ardakan, Yazd, Iran 0000-0002-0218-2229 Atefeh Barkhordari Ahmadabadi Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology, Isf.C, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran 0000-0002-0062-3676 Journal Article 2026 07 05 Objective: The emotional experience of internet shutdown may increase psychological distress and contribute to maladaptive responses. This study aimed to develop and psychometrically evaluate the Emotional Experience of Internet Shutdown Scale (EEISS) among Iranian university students during the 2025–2026 academic year. Methods: This scale-development study used a descriptive–analytical survey design with correlational psychometric analyses. Students of Payame Noor University of Yazd (N = 420) were recruited Convenience Sampling. Data were collected using the researcher-developed EEISS, the Wartime Anxiety Scale to assess convergent validity, and Snyder’s Hope Scale () to examine divergent validity. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and Pearson correlations were conducted in SPSS 26 and AMOS 24. Results: EFA showed that the EEISS consists of 10 items loading on three latent factors, jointly accounting for 80.967% of the total variance. CFA further supported the satisfactory fit of the three-factor model (RMSEA = 0.043, CFI = 0.991, GFI = 0.976). Convergent validity was evidenced by a positive, significant correlation with war anxiety (r = 0.275), whereas divergent validity was supported by a negative, significant correlation with hope (r = −0.331). The overall reliability of the scale, as indicated by Cronbach’s alpha (α = 0.875), reflected desirable internal consistency. Conclusion: Overall, these findings suggest that the EEISS possesses sound psychometric properties and can be employed as a valid and reliable instrument for the targeted assessment of the emotional experience of internet shutdown among university students.

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