| Literature DB >> 23468893 |
Min Kwon1, Joon-Yeop Lee, Wang-Youn Won, Jae-Woo Park, Jung-Ah Min, Changtae Hahn, Xinyu Gu, Ji-Hye Choi, Dai-Jin Kim.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to develop a self-diagnostic scale that could distinguish smartphone addicts based on the Korean self-diagnostic program for Internet addiction (K-scale) and the smartphone's own features. In addition, the reliability and validity of the smartphone addiction scale (SAS) was demonstrated.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23468893 PMCID: PMC3584150 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056936
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Sociodemographic characteristics and SAS scores (N = 197).
| Variables | N (%) | SAS Mean±SD |
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| Sex | Male | 64(32.5%) | 104.52±39.69 | .170 |
| Female | 133(67.5%) | 112.67±36.42 | ||
| Level of education | High school | 57(28.9%) | 120.93±34.30a | .013 |
| College | 13(6.6%) | 100.08±40.18 | ||
| University | 99(50.3%) | 110.06±38.54 | ||
| Master, Doctor | 26(13.2%) | 90.61±32.61a | ||
| No answer | 2(1.0%) | 111.50±55.86 | ||
| Job | Student | 86(43.7%) | 116.84±36.32a | .016 |
| Employee | 49(24.9%) | 114.84±39.03 | ||
| Professional | 52(26.4%) | 95.77±36.81a | ||
| No job | 5(2.5%) | 94.00±26.05 | ||
| Others | 5(3.0%) | 109.80±32.10 | ||
| Main use | Internet | 34(17.3%) | 104.24±32.95 | .189 |
| SNS | 42(21.4%) | 118.67±38.71 | ||
| Phone | 103(52.6%) | 106.59±40.04 | ||
| Game, etc. | 18(8.7%) | 118.76±23.98 | ||
| Self- report of addiction | Strongly disagree | 6(3.1%) | 79.67±19.83 | .000 |
| Disagree | 29(14.7%) | 92.17±32.84a | ||
| Unsure | 67(34.0%) | 103.06±35.71b | ||
| Agree | 82(41.6%) | 122.63±38.09ab | ||
| Strongly agree | 13(6.6%) | 120.15±31.55 | ||
| DSM-IV | Abuse | 38(19.3%) | 127.32±44.66 | |
| Dependence | 19(9.6%) | 136.00±31.04 |
a, b: Scheffé test (the means with the same letter were significantly different)
Factor analysis of SAS.
| No. | Question | Factor | ||||||
| M(SD) | Daily-life disturbance | Positive anticipation | Withdrawal | Cyberspace- oriented relationship | Overuse | Tolerance | ||
| 1 | Missing planned works due to smartphone usage | 2.46(1.28) | -.406 | |||||
| 2 | Having a hard time concentrating in class, while doing assignments, or while working due to smartphone use | 2.98(1.34) | -.420 | |||||
| 3 | Experiencing lightheadedness or blurred vision due to excessive smartphone use | 2.96(1.44) | -.906 | |||||
| 4 | Feeling pain in the wrists or at the back of the neck while using a smartphone | 2.64(1.47) | -.788 | |||||
| 5 | Feeling tired and lacking adequate sleep due to excessive smartphone use | 2.63(1.43) | -.710 | |||||
| 6 | Being incapable of doing anything without a smartphone as all schedules and personal stuff are saved in the smartphone | 2.66(1.36) | ||||||
| 7 | Neglecting matters other than smartphone use even when there are many other things to be done | 2.41(1.29) | ||||||
| 8 | Conflicting with family members due to smartphone use | 1.61(0.95) | -.577 | |||||
| 9 | Experiencing auditory hallucinations of smartphone sounds while not using a smartphone | 1.80(1.11) | ||||||
| 10 | Feeling calm or cozy while using a smartphone | 1.94(1.05) | .610 | |||||
| 11 | Feeling pleasant or excited while using a smartphone | 2.82(1.35) | .466 | |||||
| 12 | Feeling confident while using a smartphone | 2.13(1.20) | .622 | |||||
| 13 | Being able to get rid of stress with smartphone use | 2.17(1.15) | .634 | |||||
| 14 | There is nothing other than smartphone use that is fun to do in my life. | 1.73(0.96) | .625 | |||||
| 15 | Having used a smartphone just to feel good | 2.72(1.45) | ||||||
| 16 | My life would be empty without my smartphone. | 2.03(1.18) | .453 | |||||
| 17 | Feeling most liberal while using a smartphone | 1.96(1.16) | .612 | |||||
| 18 | Smartphone use is the most fun thing to do. | 1.70(0.96) | .687 | |||||
| 19 | Won’t be able to stand not having a smartphone | 2.18(1.30) | .622 | |||||
| 20 | Feeling impatient and fretful when I am not holding my smartphone | 2.13(1.25) | .641 | |||||
| 21 | Having my smartphone in my mind even when I’m not using it | 2.06(1.16) | .637 | |||||
| 22 | I will never give up using my smartphone even when my daily life is already greatly affected by it. | 2.05(1.16) | .449 | |||||
| 23 | Getting irritated when bothered while using my smartphone | 2.04(1.17) | .400 | |||||
| 24 | Bringing my smartphone to the toilet even when I am in a hurry to get there | 2.78(1.47) | .422 | |||||
| 25 | Feeling depressed, anxious, or oversensitive when I am not able to use my smartphone | 1.91(1.11) | ||||||
| 26 | Being stressed out when I am not in a hot zone (Wi-Fi area) | 2.47(1.41) | ||||||
| 27 | Always preparing my charging pack to make sure that my smartphone is charged all the time | 3.16(1.44) | ||||||
| 28 | Feeling bored while doing other stuff without my smartphone | 2.69(1.40) | ||||||
| 29 | Feeling more relieved with my smartphone by my bedside when going to bed | 2.50(1.29) | ||||||
| 30 | Feeling great meeting more people via smartphone use | 2.72(1.39) | .481 | |||||
| 31 | Feeling that my relationships with my smartphone buddies are more intimate than my relationships with my real-life friends | 1.77(1.03) | .658 | |||||
| 32 | Not being able to use my smartphone would be as painful as losing a friend | 1.92(1.13) | .703 | |||||
| 33 | Feeling that my smartphone buddies understand me better than my real-life friends | 1.54(0.86) | .725 | |||||
| 34 | Constantly checking my smartphone so as not to miss conversations between other people on Twitter or Facebook | 1.94(1.19) | .685 | |||||
| 35 | Checking SNS (Social Networking Service) sites like Twitter or Facebook right after waking up | 2.05(1.36) | .728 | |||||
| 36 | Preferring to talk with my smartphone buddies to hanging out with my real-life friends or with the other members of my family | 1.58(0.99) | .658 | |||||
| 37 | Not minding spending money on paid smartphone applications | 1.91(1.24) | ||||||
| 38 | Trying to hide what I have been up to in relation to my smartphone | 1.86(1.16) | ||||||
| 39 | Not being able to keep appointments due to excessive smartphone use | 1.61(0.92) | ||||||
| 40 | Having used my smartphone when I am not supposed to (in class, during a meeting, etc.) | 3.32(1.56) | ||||||
| 41 | Preferring searching from my smartphone to asking other people | 3.34(1.43) | .420 | |||||
| 42 | My fully charged battery does not last for one whole day. | 3.48(1.59) | .516 | |||||
| 43 | Using my smartphone longer than I had intended | 3.18(1.39) | .701 | |||||
| 44 | Feeling the urge to use my smartphone again right after I stopped using it | 2.59(1.31) | .469 | |||||
| 45 | Having tried time and again to shorten my smartphone use time but failing all the time | 1.94(1.07) | -.591 | |||||
| 46 | Always thinking that I should shorten my smartphone use time | 2.16(1.31) | -.676 | |||||
| 47 | The people around me tell me that I use my smartphone too much. | 1.70(1.03) | -.715 | |||||
| 48 | Preferring Web surfing on my smartphone to doing so on computers | 2.05(1.41) | ||||||
| Eigenvalue | 20.021 | 2.871 | 1.985 | 1.656 | 1.429 | 1.312 | ||
| Variance (%) | 41.711 | 5.981 | 4.135 | 3.450 | 2.976 | 2.734 | ||
A cutoff of 0.40 was used for inclusion.
Concurrent validity of SAS: Partial correlation analysis by controlling the level of education between the subscales of the SAS, K-scale, Y-scale, and VAS (N = 197).
| Factor | K-scale | Y-scale | VAS |
| F1. Daily-life disturbance | .594 | .403 | .454 |
| F2. Positive anticipation | .536 | .461 | .361 |
| F3. Withdrawal | .607 | .495 | .568 |
| F4. Cyberspace-oriented relationship | .494 | .400 | .340 |
| F5. Overuse | .442 | .377 | .315 |
| F6. Tolerance | .582 | .347 | .357 |
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