Short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale in Chinese adults: Psychometric properties, sociodemographic, and health behavioral correlates
Luk TT, Wang MP, Shen C, Wan A, Chau PH, Oliffe J, Viswanath K, Chan SS, Lam TH
Journal of behavioral addictions · 100 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
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Publication
- Published
- 2018-11-12 · J Behav Addict · vol. 7 · issue 4 · pp. 1157–1165
- Publisher
- Akadémiai Kiadó
- Cited
- 194 citations · more than 100% of similar papers · 28.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 48 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY-NC
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Child Development and Digital Technology · Media Influence and Health
- Keywords
- smartphone addiction, Smartphone Addiction Scale, psychometric validation, prevalence, sociodemographic factors, health behavior, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, chronic disease, Chinese adults, Hong Kong
- MeSH
- humans, reproducibility of results, behavior, addictive, psychometrics, adolescent, adult, aged, middle aged, hong kong, female, male, young adult, smartphone
9 authors
From HK, GB, CA, US
- Tzu Tsun LukUniversity of Hong Kong
- Man Ping WangUniversity of Hong Kong
- Chen ShenImperial College London
- Alice WanUniversity of Hong Kong
- Pui Hing ChauUniversity of Hong Kong
- John Lindsay OliffeUniversity of British Columbia
Abstract
Background and aims
Problematic smartphone use (PSU) is an emerging but understudied public health issue. Little is known about the epidemiology of PSU at the population level. We evaluated the psychometric properties of the Smartphone Addiction Scale - Short Version (SAS-SV) and examined its associated sociodemographic factors and health behaviors in Chinese adults in Hong Kong.
Methods
A random sample of 3,211 adults aged ≥18 years (mean ± SD: 43.3 ± 15.7, 45.3% men) participated in a population-based telephone survey in Hong Kong and completed the Chinese SAS-SV. Multivariable linear regressions examined the associations of sociodemographic factors, health behaviors, and chronic disease status with SAS-SV score. Data were weighted by age, sex, and education attainment distributions of the Hong Kong general population.
Results
The Chinese SAS-SV is internally consistent (Cronbach's α = .844) and stable over 1 week (intraclass correlation coefficient = .76, p < .001). Confirmatory factor analysis supported a unidimensional structure established by previous studies. The weighted prevalence of PSU was 38.5% (95% confidence interval: 36.9%, 40.2%). Female sex, younger age, being married/cohabitated or divorced/separated (vs. unmarried), and lower education level were associated with a higher SAS-SV score (all ps <.05). Current smoking, weekly to daily alcohol drinking, and physical inactivity predict greater PSU after controlling for sociodemographic factors and mutual adjustment.
Discussion and conclusions
The Chinese SAS-SV was found valid and reliable for assessing PSU in Hong Kong adults. Several sociodemographic and health behavioral factors were associated with PSU at the population level, which may have implication for prevention of PSU and future research.
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