Reliability of the Arabic Smartphone Addiction Scale and Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version in Two Different Moroccan Samples
Sfendla A, Laita M, Nejjar B, Souirti Z, Touhami AAO, Senhaji M
Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking · 46 citations
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- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
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- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2018-05-01 · Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw · vol. 21 · issue 5 · pp. 325–332
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
- Cited
- 98 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 15.7× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 28 works
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- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Child Development and Digital Technology · Social Media and Politics
- Keywords
- smartphone addiction, Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version, scale validation, factorial validity, internal consistency, Moroccan population, smartphone overuse, tolerance, preoccupation
- MeSH
- humans, reproducibility of results, behavior, addictive, comprehension, psychiatric status rating scales, psychometrics, internet, adult, morocco, female, male, young adult, smartphone, surveys and questionnaires
6 authors
From MA, BE
- Anis Sfendla · correspondingAbdelmalek Essaâdi University
- Meriame LaitaUniversité Ibn-Tofail
- Basma NejjarUniversity of Liège; Université Ibn-Tofail
- Zouhayr SouirtiCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Hassan II; Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University
- Ahami Ahmed Omar TouhamiUniversité Ibn-Tofail
- Meftaha SenhajiAbdelmalek Essaâdi University
Abstract
The extensive accessibility to smartphones in the last decade raises the concerns of addictive behavior patterns toward these technologies worldwide and in developing countries, and Arabic ones in particular. In an area of stigmatized behavior such as Internet and smartphone addiction, the hypothesis extends to whether there is a reliable instrument that can assess smartphone addiction. To our knowledge, no scale in Arabic language is available to assess maladaptive behavior associated with smartphone use. This study aims to assess the factorial validity and internal reliability of the Arabic Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) and Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) in a Moroccan surveyed population. Participants (N = 440 and N = 310) completed an online survey, including SAS, SAS-SV, and questions about sociodemographic status. Factor analysis results showed six factors with factor loading ranging from 0.25 to 0.99 for SAS. Reliability, based on Cronbach's alpha, was excellent (α = 0.94) for this instrument. The SAS-SV showed one factor (unidimensional construct), and internal reliability was in the good range with an alpha coefficient of (α = 0.87). The prevalence of excessive users was 55.8 percent with highest symptom prevalence reported for tolerance and preoccupation. This study proved factor validity of the Arabic SAS and SAS-SV instruments and confirmed their internal reliability.
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