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Csibi, S, Griffiths, MD 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, Cook, B, Demetrovics, Z and Szabo, A,
2018.
The psychometric properties of the Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS).
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 16 (2), pp. 393-403.
ISSN 1557-1874
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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 ultra-brief tool for a quick and easy assessment of smartphone application-based addiction symptoms.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction |
| Creators: | Csibi, S., Griffiths, M.D., Cook, B., Demetrovics, Z. and Szabo, A. |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Date: | April 2018 |
| Volume: | 16 |
| Number: | 2 |
| ISSN: | 1557-1874 |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1007/s11469-017-9787-2 DOI 9787 Publisher Item Identifier |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences |
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher |
| Date Added: | 20 Jul 2017 07:29 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2018 14:56 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/31272 |
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