Psychometric Properties of the Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Version (SAS-SV) in a Sample of Iranian Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Sadeq Fallahtafti ◽  
Nikzad Ghanbaripirkashani ◽  
Seyed Shahram Alizadeh ◽  
Ramin Safiyari Rovoshi
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Short Version

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of Young’s Internet Addiction Test in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bede Chinonye Akpunne ◽  
Ebenezer Olutope Akinnawo ◽  
Oluseyi Abiodun Alakija ◽  
Daniel Oluwasanmi Kumuyi
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Nigerian Population ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Nigerian University

Background: In 2018, the Nigerian Communication Commission affirmed that more than 100 million Nigerians made use of the Internet. A good percentage of internet usage is maladaptive. A valid, reliable, and socio-culturally sensitive assessment instrument is essential to study internet usage patterns in Nigeria. Young’s Internet Addiction test (IAT) has been validated in many countries, but not in Nigeria. Objectives: This study aimed to validate IAT to determine psychometric properties acceptable in a Nigerian population. Methods: A total of 184 Nigerian University undergraduates (77 males and 107 females), mean age = 20.5, were purposively drawn, and they responded to IAT, the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV), and the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS). Results: The Cronbach’s α of the six IAT factors ranged from 0.25 (anticipation) to 0.69 (salience). The observed overall Cronbach’s α coefficient of 0.79 was obtained for IAT. The corrected item-total correlations ranged from 0.73 to 0.84. The concurrent validity score was observed to be r = 0.54 between IAT and SAS-SV and r = 0.58 between IAT and BFAS. A significant positive correlation was equally observed between the IAT and BFAS factors, ranging from conflict (r = 0.322, P = 0.000) to relapse (r = 0.488, P = 0.000). The new norm determined for IAT in the Nigerian population was ≥ 38.5 for males and ≥ 40.8 for females. Conclusions: IAT is gender-sensitive and has acceptable psychometric properties for the Nigerian population.

Smartphone Addiction Scale--Short Version

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Kwon ◽  
Dai-Jin Kim ◽  
Hyun Cho ◽  
Soo Yang
Keyword(s):  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Short Version

Psychometric properties of a short version of the family assessment device

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-25
Author(s):  
Maria Nicoleta Turliuc ◽  
◽  
Mirela Ciudin ◽  
Viorel Robu ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
Family Assessment Device ◽  
The Family

Smart phone usage and addiction among dental students in Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elluru Venkatesh ◽  
Mohammad Yousef Al Jemal ◽  
Abdullah Saleh Al Samani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Purpose The main aim of this research is to explore measures of smart phone usage, smart phone addiction, and their associations with demographic and health behavior-related variables among dental students in Saudi Arabia. Methods A Cross sectional study involving sample of 205 dental students from Qaseem Private College were surveyed for smart phone use and addiction using the short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale for Adolescents (SAS-SV). Results Smart phone addiction was seen in 136 (71.9%) of the 189 students. The findings from our study revealed that high stress levels, low physical activity, higher body mass index (BMI), longer duration of smart phone usage, higher frequency of usage, shorter time period until first smart phone use in the morning and social networking sites (SNS) were associated significantly with the smart phone addiction. Conclusion The current research gives the information about the extent of smart phone over usage and addiction among the dental students in Saudi Arabia with indication of the predictors of addiction and the need for further research in the area with comprehensible interpretation to spread the awareness of the smart phone addiction.

scholarly journals Translation of the short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale into Brazilian Portuguese: cross-cultural adaptation and testing of measurement properties

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana Foltran Mescollotto ◽  
Ester Moreira de Castro ◽  
Elisa Bizetti Pelai ◽  
Adriana Pertille ◽  
Delaine Rodrigues Bigaton
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation

scholarly journals Smartphone Addiction and Personality: Review of International Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-253
Author(s):  
Viktor P. Sheinov
Keyword(s):  
Initial Data ◽  
International Research ◽  
Pathological Condition ◽  
Practical Interest ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Measuring Instruments ◽  
International Studies

Mobile phones are perhaps the most popular digital devices that accompany us all the time. Smartphones certainly provide us with many conveniences but at the same time these devices are the reason why many users develop a pathological condition known as nomophobia or smartphone addiction, i. e., fear of losing phone contact or being away from network coverage. Many people, especially teenagers and children, cannot imagine their life without smartphones and try never to part with them. Phone addicts, due to the fact that their attention is constantly riveted to the smartphone screen, cannot efficiently study, do work thoughtfully and productively, establish relationships with others and, in general, live a full-fledged life. Smartphone addiction is a new phenomenon, one of the most widespread non-medical addictions, which in its scale has already left behind Internet addiction and addiction to gambling, forming a dangerous conglomerate with them. Numerous studies show that smartphone addiction has a detrimental effect on many important aspects of modern life. The purpose of this article is to provide an analytical review of international studies on the relationship between smartphone addiction and psychological and socio-psychological characteristics of personality. The choice of international studies as the initial data for the analysis was made due to the fact that it was in them (much earlier than in Russian ones) that the largest number of empirical results were obtained, which are of significant theoretical and practical interest. The number of Russian studies on this topic is much smaller, while many of them were carried out on small samples or were only discussions of international research results. Thus, it can be stated that the extensive information accumulated by international researcher on the dependence on smartphones is used insufficiently in Russian scientific community. The smartphone addiction is positively associated with such negative factors as depression, anxiety, stress, decreased self-esteem and self-control, sleep and health problems, low quality of life and dissatisfaction with it, family problems, poor school performance and the danger of becoming a victim of cyberbullying. Much higher smartphone addiction is typical of younger users. Assessments of smartphone dependence are positively correlated with being female, with smoking and consuming alcohol. A serious obstacle to relevant Russian research was the lack of Russian-language measuring instruments. To eliminate this obstacle, the author adapted and validated The Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) by M. Kwon et al. for the Russian-speaking society, and developed a reliable and valid Short Version of the Smartphone Addiction Questionnaire. In Russian studies on smartphone addiction, the results obtained on international samples can serve as basis for working hypotheses as well as initial data in cross-cultural research.

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