Phone addiction causes significant social and psychological damage to people who excessively use mobile phones. Smartphone addiction proneness scale saps was added to verify the concurrent validity of sassv. Results supported a unidimensional factor structure for the 20item selfreport. Objective the aim of this study was to develop a selfdiagnostic scale that could distinguish smartphone addicts based on the korean selfdiagnostic program for internet addiction kscale and the smartphones own features. The conceptual model on smart phone addiction among early. In addition, it suggested cutting off the values by gender in order to determine smartphone addiction and elaborate the characteristics of smartphone usage in adolescents. If you scored a 4 or 5 often or very often on at least 4 of those statements, it could be an indicator of social media addiction. Future, time perspective scale ftps, arouse procrastination scale and avoidant procrastination scale, respectively. Mobile phone addiction index mpai 57, 72 17 items, likert scale 15 adults, adolescents based on criteria for pathological gambling addiction 4 factors via afe 0. Conference paper pdf available january 2019 with,947 reads how we measure reads.
Kwon m, kim dj, cho h, yang s 20 the smartphone addiction scale. Short version of the smartphone addiction scale adapted to spanish and french. The objective of the study is to assess the factorial structure of the french and german versions of the gas among adults. The mobile phone is among the technological tools with the greatest presence in the market.
Divya rani singh abstract mobile phone usage is so strongly integrated into young peoples behavior that symptoms of behavioral addiction, such as cell phone usage interrupting their day today activities. Psychometric properties of the 7item game addiction scale. However, very few studies have particularly examined the relationship between mobile game addiction and mental health outcomes, due to a lack of specified. May 18, 2015 smartphone addiction is no joke, and now theres a scientific way to measure it. The smartphone addiction scale short version, which was developed and. One of the issues we see with use of this scale is that it was developed in 2005 before the current smartphone usage level but the questions. The 7item game addiction scale gas is a used to screen for addictive game use.
Valkenburg, and jochen peter the amsterdam school of communications research ascor, university of amsterdam, amsterdam, the netherlands the aim of this study was to develop and validate a scale to measure computer and videogame addiction. There is one question for each criterion, and each is measured on a 5 point likert scale. Olatz lopezfernandez 11, in this study mobile addiction has been seen on spanish and french, this was a cross cultural study of mobile addiction. Finally 100 teenagers 50 boys and 50 girls were selected who scored high on mobile phone addiction scale. Impact of mobile phone addiction on adolescents life. To explore the relationship between college students alexithymia and mobile phone addiction as well as the mediating effects of mental health and the moderating role of being a single child or not.
Smartphone addiction inventory spai computers in human. Problematic smartphone use is proposed by some researchers to be a form of psychological or behavioral dependence on cell phones, closely related to other forms of digital media overuse such as social media addiction or internet addiction disorder. In a study conducted by baylor university, cell phone addiction was linked to. After all, its rarely the phone or tablet itself that creates the compulsion, but rather the games, apps, and online worlds it connects us to. Methods a total of 197 participants were selected from nov. Mobile phone addiction, commonly termed nomophobia, is one of the newest forms of digital addiction and as such. Two samples of men from french n 3318 and german n 2665 language areas of.
Both have a high level of reliability and here the short version is presented. First they were administered with mobile phone addiction scale. Its physical characteristics as well as the psychological processes involved in its use explain both the fascination it elicits and the abuse. During a period of scarcely 10 years, it has gone from being almost nonexistent to being the device most used and desired by adolescents. Development and validation of a short version for adolescents. Italian validation of smartphone addiction scale short. Dec 31, 20 smartphone addiction proneness scale saps was added to verify the concurrent validity of sassv. Research on the relationship among phone addiction, social. Apr 01, 2014 the estimated prevalence of mobile phones overuse as found by pedrero perez et al. Smartphone use and smartphone addiction among young people in. An investigation of high school students online game. As a result, smart phone addiction and depression, anxiety, impulsiveness, and lack of control showed significant relationship. Frontiers the association between mobile game addiction and.
As a new type of addictive behaviors and distinct from traditional internet game addiction on desktop computers, mobile game addiction has attracted researchers attention due to its possible negative effects on mental health issues. Consequently, disentangling a persons mobile phone user profile is a preliminary step necessary to avoid regrouping dissimilar behaviors into a deceptive label of mobile phone addiction. The data was collected from a sample of 159 college students by using the mobile phone addiction scale mpas developed by a. If 4 or more criteria are met this way, you are considered addicted according to the polythetic format as used by the dsm in the section on gambling. Nsights from ong erm elemetric ehavioral easures exploring. Lee said that the factor that affects smart phone addiction is habitual overuse due to smart phones convenience and playfulness, which leads to life problems 3. Student are on working on smartphone while doing their studies. A total of 412 participants including 253 female and 159 male students who study in. May 10, 2016 the 7item game addiction scale gas is a used to screen for addictive game use. Short version of the smartphone addiction scale adapted to. However, in the literature, the distinction between smartphones and mobile phones does not seem to be so clear. A psychometric evaluation of bergen facebook addiction.
Smartphone addiction is no joke, and now theres a scientific way to measure it. Cell phone addiction, sometimes referred to as problematic mobile phone use, is a behavioral addiction thought to be similar to that of an internet, gambling, shopping, or video game addiction and leads to severe impairment or distress in ones life. Both cross crosslinguistic validation and validation in french and german is needed in adult samples. Smartphone use and smartphone addiction among young. This study aimed to develop and assess the psychometric properties of an english language measure of problematic mobile phone use. We report the linguistic validation process and the metric validity of the l ita ian version of the sassv in the italy, it is useful to collect data about the pa. Two main scales are in use, the 20item selfreported problematic use of mobile phones pump scale, and the mobile phone problem use scale mppus, which have been used both with adult and adolescent populations. The mobile phone problem use scale and how much you really. Based on previously published internet addiction scales and celluar phone addiction scale, saps was developed. The goal of the study was to validate the english version of the smartphone applicationbased addiction scale sabas. The mobile phone addiction scale is based on the clinical criteria of substance dependence formulated by dsmiv tr. To measure problem use, the mobile phone problem use scale was devised and validated as a reliable selfreport instrument, against the addiction potential scale and overall mobile phone usage levels. Students cell phone addiction and their opinions by tessa jones 75. Research has shown some people experience serious negative physiological effects when separated from their phones.
The relationship between college students alexithymia and. This study is a validation of smartphone addiction scale short version sassv developed by kwon and his colleagues. Objective the aim of this study was to develop a selfdiagnostic scale that could distinguish smartphone addicts based on the korean selfdiagnostic program for internet addiction k scale and the smartphones own features. Smartphone addiction, sometimes colloquially known as nomophobia fear of being without a mobile phone, is often fueled by an internet overuse problem or internet addiction disorder. In addition, the researchers asked participants to complete the mobile phone problem use scale mppus, a 27 item questionnaire that has positive correlations with selfreported mobile phone use. The following six factors were considered in the questionnaire. Mobile phone addiction among college going students in.
If this is the case, the cellular phone is solely a device used to satisfy the desire or need to play online games. Mobile phone addiction scale in new delhi, prasad psycho. Development and validation of a game addiction scale for. In addition, the reliability and validity of the smartphone addiction scale sas was demonstrated. Rapid social rhythm, busy daily life, and complex interpersonal relationships make people, especially the student groups, increasingly dependent on mobile phones, and also gradually change their communication behaviors. Objective this study was designed to investigate the revised and short version of the smartphone addiction scale and the proof of its validity in adolescents. Development of a mobile phone addiction craving scale and.
A total of 1034 college students from changchun were assessed with the toronto alexithymia scale tas20, general health questionnaire ghq and mobile phone addiction index mpai. After all, its rarely the phone or tablet itself that creates the compulsion, but. Chiu, the relationship between life stress and smartphone addiction on taiwanese university student. Method a set of questionnaires were provided to a total of 540. This scientific test will tell you how addicted you are to. Development and validation of a game addiction scale for adolescents jeroen s. So, even though it is necessary to carry out further work in order to analyse the associations of the scale with mental health conditions e. Development and validation of a smartphone addiction scale.
This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves. The aim of this study is to adapt the mobile phone addiction scale developed by choliz 2012 for turkish culture and investigate its validity and reliability. We investigated the relationship between psychological characteristics, mobile phone addiction and use of mobile phones for 269 taiwanese female university students who were administered rosenbergs selfesteem scale, lais personality inventory, and a mobile phone usage questionnaire and. Psychological predictors of problem mobile phone use. Pdf this study was designed to investigate the revised and short version of the smartphone addiction scale and the proof of its validity in. Validation of smartphone addiction scale international. A new study from iowa state university has identified some of the central aspects of nomophobia thats no mobile phone phobia with a handy new 20question survey measuring iphone codependence. Researchers also differ in the extent to which mobile phone addiction is actually problematic. Determination of mobile addiction and social media. The smartphone addiction scale sas, originally developed in korean. Jul 18, 2017 the goal of the study was to validate the english version of the smartphone applicationbased addiction scale sabas. In order to collect the data, mobile addiction scale, social media addiction scale and parent attitude towards technology usage scale were used and the descriptive statistics of the scale scores and the relational findings between the scale scores were included.
Development and validation of a smartphone addiction scale sas. Mobile phone mobile communication television viewing addictive behavior mobile telephone these keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. Smartphone addiction scale sas is designed to identify the level of the smartphone addiction risk and to distinguish the highrisk group kwon et al. The long version has 21 questions and the short version only 7. Prevalence of mobile phone overuse depends largely on definition and thus the scales used to quantify a subjects behaviors. Results supported a unidimensional factor structure for the 20item selfreport problematic use. Percentage documentation average and independent sample ttest were used for data analysis in this study. Problem use was a function of age, extraversion, and low selfesteem, but not neuroticism. Assessment of smartphone addiction in indian adolescents. The psychometric properties of the smartphone application. Mean, sd, ttest and pearsons productmoment correlations were the statistical techniques used. Short version of the smartphone addiction scale in chinese adults. The smartphone addiction scale sassv, kwon, kim, et al. Mobile addiction is the subset of behavioral addiction.
This paper uses the way of psychological empirical study to. The scale consists of 37 items and aids researchers, school collegeadolescent counsellors in examining the problematic usage of mobile phones, leading to poor mental health and behavioral disturbances, problematic interpersonal relationship, social withdrawal and clinically. Province completed multiple scales, namely mobile phone addiction tendency scale mpats. Oct 24, 2016 mobile phone addiction index mpai 57, 72 17 items, likert scale 15 adults, adolescents based on criteria for pathological gambling addiction 4 factors via afe 0. Pdf the adaptation of mobile phone addiction scale into.
Another aim was to identify the most frequently used smartphone applications and their perceived importance by the participants. Smartphone addiction scale short version sassv is adapted to spanish and french. Determination of mobile addiction and social media addiction. Other researchers have stated that terminology relating to behavioral addictions in regards to smartphone use can cause additional problems both in. The saps consisted of 15 items scored with a fourpoint likert scale 1. The online game addiction scale which was developed by kaya and basol 20 and the biographicdemographic information form were utilized as data collection instruments. A psychometric evaluation of bergen facebook addiction scale bfas of university students. We investigated the relationship between psychological characteristics, mobile phone addiction and use of mobile phones for 269 taiwanese female university students who were administered rosenbergs selfesteem scale, lais personality inventory, and a mobile phone usage questionnaire and mobile phone addiction scale.
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