Development of Korean Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale for Youth
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This study developed a Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale (SAPS) based on the existing internet and cellular phone addiction scales. For the development of this scale, 29 items (1.5 times the final number of items) were initially selected as preliminary items, based on the previous studies on internet/phone addiction as well as the clinical experience of involved experts. The preliminary scale was administered to a nationally representative sample of 795 students in elementary, middle, and high schools across South Korea. Then, final 15 items were selected according to the reliability test results. The final scale consisted of four subdomains: (1) disturbance of adaptive functions, (2) virtual life orientation, (3) withdrawal, and (4) tolerance. The final scale indicated a high reliability with Cronbach's α of .880. Support for the scale's criterion validity has been demonstrated by its relationship to the internet addiction scale, KS-II (r = .49). For the analysis of construct validity, we tested the Structural Equation Model. The results showed the four-factor structure to be valid (NFI = .943, TLI = .902, CFI = .902, RMSEA = .034). Smartphone addiction is gaining a greater spotlight as possibly a new form of addiction along with internet addiction. The SAPS appears to be a reliable and valid diagnostic scale for screening adolescents who may be at risk of smartphone addiction. Further implications and limitations are discussed.
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PSU shares many traits with substance abuse disorders and behavioural addictions, and it appears to be common.
“PSU shares many traits with substance abuse disorders and behavioural addictions [13–18], and it appears to be common.”
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The Discussion (page unavailable) says the smartphone-addiction scale drew on criteria for other behavioural addictions and identifies withdrawal and tolerance among its subdomains. The Introduction (page unavailable) reports that 11.4% of South Korean youths were considered addicted to smartphones, supporting the impression that it is common in that population. Our copy does not explicitly compare problematic smartphone use with substance abuse disorders, so that part of the attributed claim is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Authors
- Kim, D., Lee, Y., Lee, J., Nam, J. K., & Chung, Y.
- Affiliations
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Lee, Yunhee
- Venue
- PLoS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2014-05-21
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- e97920
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4029762
- OpenAlex
- W2084863892
- Cited by
- 434
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 29 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 55 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 65 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 67.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Keywords
- smartphone addiction, scale development, adolescents, internet addiction, addiction screening, withdrawal, tolerance, construct validity, criterion validity
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Behavior, Addictive, Internet, Cell Phone, Republic of Korea
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