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Additionally, a validation is necessary as culture can affect the psychometrics of questionnaires, bearing the danger of applying inadequate measures. The aims of the present study are therefore providing a Chinese translation of the ATI scale and presenting non-parametric and parametric psychometric analyses of the translated version to examine the underlying factor structure. In contrast to the original scale, analyses of the Chinese version suggest a two-dimensional structure with one dimension describing a passive interest in technology and another describing an active engagement with technology. 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