Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Publication Title
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Abstract
The goal of the study was to validate the English version of the Smartphone Application- Based Addiction Scale (SABAS; Csibi et al. 2016), which is a short and easy-to-use tool for screening the risk of smartphone application-based addiction. Another aim was to identify the most frequently used smartphone applications and their perceived importance by the participants. Data were collected online from 240 English-speaking volunteers, aged 18 to 69 years. The instruments used were the SABAS, the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q), the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS), the Deprivation Sensation Scale (DSS), and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ- 9). Participants also ranked the importance of their most frequently used smartphone applications. The six items of the SABAS yielded one component, which accounted for 52.38% of the total variance. The internal reliability of the scale was good (Cronbach’s alpha 0.81). NMP-Q was a significant predictor of SABAS, explaining 17.6% of the total variance. The regression analysis, with SABAS score as the dependent variable and NMP-Q, DSS, PHQ-9, and BSSS scores as predictors, indicated that approximately 47% of the variance in SABAS was accounted for by the predictors (R2 = 0.47). The English version of the SABAS appears to be a valid and reliable ultrabrief tool for a quick and easy assessment of smartphone application-based addiction symptoms.
Recommended Citation
Csibi, Sándor; Griffiths, Mark D.; Cook, Brian; Demetrovics, Zsolt; and Szabo, Attila, "The Psychometric Properties of the Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS)" (2017). Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations. 42.
https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/kin_fac/42
Comments
Published in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction by Springer. Available via doi: 10.1007/s11469-017-9787-2.
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