Smartphone Addiction in Japanese College Students: Usefulness of the Japanese Version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale as a Screening Tool for a New Form of Internet Addiction
Tateno M, Kim DJ, Teo AR, Skokauskas N, Guerrero APS, Kato TA
Psychiatry investigation · 47 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
- Government
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
- Government
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Government
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
- Grants
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (JP16H06403)
Based on 3 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2019-02-21 · Psychiatry Investig · vol. 16 · issue 2 · pp. 115–120
- Publisher
- Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
- Cited
- 95 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 23.3× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 38 works
- Access
- Open access (free to publish) · CC-BY-NC
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Keywords
- smartphone addiction, Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version, Japanese translation, internet addiction, university students, screening tool, lines, social media use, Young's Internet Addiction Test
6 authors
From JP, KR, US, NO
- Masaru TatenoSapporo Medical University
- Dai‐Jin KimThe Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital; Catholic University of Korea
- Alan Robert TeoOregon Health & Science University; Portland VA Medical Center; VA Portland Health Care System
- Norbert SkokauskasNorwegian University of Science and Technology
- Anthony P. S. GuerreroUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; University of Hawaii System
- Takahiro A. KatoKyushu University
Abstract
Objective
Smartphone use is pervasive among youth in Japan, as with many other countries, and is associated with spending time online and on social media anywhere at any time. This study aimed to test a Japanese version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) among Japanese college students.
Methods
The subjects of this study were 602 college students in Japan. The study questionnaire consisted of questions about demographics (age, gender etc.), possession of a smartphone, internet use [length of internet use on weekdays and weekend, favorite social networking service (SNS) etc.], Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT), and the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) translated into Japanese.
Results
There was a total of 573 respondents (180 male, 393 female) who completed the questionnaire (mean 19.3±1.3 years). LINE was the most popular social media platform (52.0%) followed by Twitter (36.3%). The overall Internet Addiction Test (IAT) score was 45.3±13.2, with 4.5% classified as having severe addiction (IAT ≥70). The mean SAS-SV scores were 24.4±10.0 for males and 26.8±9.9 for females. Based on proposed cutoff scores, 22.8% of males and 28.0% of females screened positive for smartphone addiction. The total scores of the SAS-SV and the IAT was correlated significantly.
Conclusion
As the number of smartphone users becomes higher, problems related to smartphone use also become more serious. Our.
Results
suggest that the Japanese version of SAS-SV may assist in early detection of problematic use of smartphones.
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