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The Smartphone Addiction Scale: Development and Validation of a Short Version for Adolescents

PLoS ONE · 2013 · Vol. 8(12) · pp. e83558–e83558

Min Jeong Kwon(Catholic University of Korea)Dai‐Jin Kim(Catholic University of Korea)Hyun Cho(Catholic University of Korea)Soo Yang✉(Catholic University of Korea)

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Abstract

The SAS-SV showed good reliability and validity for the assessment of smartphone addiction. The smartphone addiction scale short version, which was developed and validated in this study, could be used efficiently for the evaluation of smartphone addiction in community and research areas.

Impact of Technology on Adolescents Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Child Development and Digital TechnologyCronbach's alphaReceiver operating characteristicConcurrent validityAddictionScale (ratio)Criterion validityPsychologyInternal consistencyReliability (semiconductor)Content validity

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AdolescentFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesROC CurveSex CharacteristicsReproducibility of ResultsBehavior, AddictiveCell PhoneRepublic of Korea

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