Translation of the short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale into Brazilian Portuguese: cross-cultural adaptation and testing of measurement properties

Mescollotto, Fabiana Foltran; Castro, Ester Moreira de; Pelai, Elisa Bizetti; Pertille, Adriana; Rodrigues-Bigaton, Delaine

doi:10.1016/j.bjpt.2018.08.013

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“…The total prevalence of PSU was 39.4%, and in university students, this rate was 42.9%. This finding is higher than that which has been found in another study conducted in Brazil (33.1%; Mescollotto et al, 2019) and in Swiss and South-Korea, with teenagers (21.6%; Haug et al, 2015;and 16.8%: Kwon et al, 2013a, respectively). Regarding the adult population (35.3%), the findings were also higher than those observed in Spanish and Belgian adults (21.5% and 12.3%, respectively;Lopez-Fernandez et al, 2017).…”

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“…In Brazil, the Smartphone Addiction Inventory was the first translated and adapted instrument, but it was designed for university students only (Khoury et al, 2017). More recently, the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) was adapted for Brazilian university students (Mescollotto, Castro, Pelai, Pertille, & Bigaton, 2019). The SAS-SV (Kwon, Kim, Cho, & Yang, 2013a) is a reduced version of SAS-Long Version (Kwon et al, 2013b), and has 33 items.…”

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“…To date, there are still no instruments in Brazil assessing PSU in the adult population. The study by Mescollotto et al (2019) only evaluated the reliability of the instrument (α = 0.95) in a university population, without evaluating the factorial structure of the SAS-SV.…”

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Validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version for university students and adult population

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Kim

Caricati

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Estud. psicol. (Campinas)

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This study sought evidence of the validity of the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version for a Brazilian sample of 718 individuals, amongst university students (n = 387, M age = 22.1 years) and adults (n = 331, M age = 35.2 years), who completed a sociodemographic questionnaire and the scale. The transcultural adaptation was carried out using specific protocols as recommended by expert’s committees. The factorial structure was evaluated by three methods: Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Principal Component Analysis, and Network Analysis. The adjustment parameters were not adequate and Principal Component Analysis explained 39.2% of the variance. The scale showed good reliability (α = 0.81) and a 39.4% prevalence of problematic phone use. The Network Analysis indicated that the correlations between the items were similar in the two populations. This is an unpublished study evaluating the usage pattern of smartphones in a sample of the adult population from all Brazilian states.

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Validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version for university students and adult population

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Kim

Caricati

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Estud. psicol. (Campinas)

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“…Smartphone use is increasing in Brazil, 13 but mental health professionals who work with individuals with problematic smartphone use only have a short scale 14 and a scale based on internet compulsion 15 to screen for this condition. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the factor structure and internal consistency of a Brazilian version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-BR) among university students.…”

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Cross-cultural adaptation, factor structure, and evidence of reliability of the Smartphone Addiction Scale in Brazil

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Lima

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Braz. J. Psychiatry

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Objective: To translate, adapt, and examine the factor structure and internal consistency of a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-BR) among university students. Methods: The SAS was translated and adapted for use with Brazilian samples. The resulting instrument (SAS-BR) was then administered to 356 college students. Parallel analysis was used to explore the maximum number of dimensions that underlie the assessment, and data modeling was undertaken using exploratory multidimensional item response theory (E-MIRT). The reliability of the SAS-BR was tested by computing McDonald’s omega (ω) and Cronbach’s alpha (α) coefficients. Results: Parallel analysis revealed a maximum of six factors. E-MIRT analysis revealed that a five-factor model was the best fit for the data. The five emergent factors were salience, positive anticipation, cyberspace-oriented relationship, preoccupation with smartphone, and physical symptoms; these factors together explained 50% of the variance. Confirmatory factor analysis, conducted using data from a second sample, replicated the five-factor structure. The internal consistency of the scale was found to be strong. Conclusion: The emergent factor structure of the SAS-BR was found to be similar to that of previous adaptations of this instrument for other Western countries.

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“…Further, the validity and reliability of this scale have been validated [8]. SAS or SAS-short version has been translated into various languages such as German [21], Spanish and French [22], Turkey [23], Malaysia [24], Arabic [25], and Portuguese [26]. However, the scale has not yet been translated to Japanese, so it cannot be utilized in Japan.…”

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A Systematic Study on the Reliability and Validity of the Japanese Smartphone Addiction Scale among the Youth in Japan

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Kaneita

Itani

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Background: Few studies in Japan have investigated smartphone addiction utilizing an international scale. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) in Japanese youths and to examine the factors underlying smartphone overuse. Methods: We conducted a questionnaire survey in 2018 with participants from one high school (n=1,050) and one vocational school (n=83; age range, 15-24 years; median age, 17 years) in Japan. Data from 1,037 (male: 60.8%, n=631) questionnaires were analyzed. Results: Factor analysis showed six factors with factor loading ranging from 0.42 to 0.72 for the Japanese version of the SAS. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.94 for the 33 items in this scale. The scale showed good reliability for test-retest scores ( intraclass correlation coefficient 3,1 =0.92). Multiple linear regression analyses showed that the factors related to smartphone overuse were female gender, long smartphone usage duration, poor mental health, contact with virtual friends, and being a smartphone zombie. Contact with family and real friends were not associated with smartphone overuse. Conclusions: Although smartphone overuse differs depending on one’s cultural and social background, the Japanese version of the SAS is as good as the other language versions. Thus, this scale was shown to be reliable and valid in the Japanese youth.

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Translation of the short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale into Brazilian Portuguese: cross-cultural adaptation and testing of measurement properties

Abstract: It can be concluded that the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version is a reliable and valid tool for screening smartphone addiction in university students.

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Validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version for university students and adult population

Validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version for university students and adult population

Cross-cultural adaptation, factor structure, and evidence of reliability of the Smartphone Addiction Scale in Brazil

A Systematic Study on the Reliability and Validity of the Japanese Smartphone Addiction Scale among the Youth in Japan

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