Alavi Seyyed Salman, Ghanizadeh Maryam, Mohammadi Mohammad Reza, Jannatifard Fereshteh, Salehi Mona, Farahani Malihe, Esmaili Alamuti Sudeh, Gharaati Sotoudeh Hossein, Mirhashemi Malek
Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Iran J Psychiatry. 2021 Apr;16(2):187-197. doi: 10.18502/ijps.v16i2.5820.
Smartphone is an important technology device in our lifestyle. It has an important part of our daily lives, but it also has a negative effect, such as cell phone dependency. This research aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of mobile phone abuse (MPA) in the Iranian population. : In this study, data were chosen from 1100 participants who were studying in Tehran universities. The principal version of the scale was translated into Persian using the back translation method. All attendees completed Demographic Questionnaire, MPA Questionnaire, and Mobile Phone Problematic Use Scale (MPPUS). Eventually, a clinical interview (based on the fifth version of DSM) was done for all the participants. For data analysis, internal and external consistency, factor analysis, construct validity and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used. Statistically, less than 0.05 were considered to be significant. According to expert judgments, content validity index was satisfactory. Furthermore, the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed with Cronbach's α of 0.90 and test-retest reliability of 0.56 after 3 weeks. The best cutoff point for this questionnaire (MPA) was 46. Also, 4 factors were extracted by principal components method and varimax rotation: "excessive use of cell phone," "addictive use of social networks," "mood modification," and "preoccupation" for both male and female students. MPA could be used in studies on the evaluation of mobile phone addiction. This can be a stepping stone towards the identification of problems and improvement of students' mobile phone abuse.
智能手机是我们生活方式中一项重要的科技设备。它在我们的日常生活中占据重要地位，但也有负面影响，比如手机依赖。本研究旨在评估伊朗人群中手机滥用（MPA）的心理测量特性。：在本研究中，数据选取自1100名在德黑兰大学就读的参与者。该量表的原始版本通过回译法翻译成波斯语。所有参与者均完成了人口统计学问卷、MPA问卷和手机问题使用量表（MPPUS）。最终，对所有参与者进行了（基于《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第五版的）临床访谈。数据分析采用了内部和外部一致性、因子分析、结构效度和验证性因子分析（CFA）。在统计学上，小于0.05被认为具有显著性。根据专家判断，内容效度指数令人满意。此外，问卷的信度通过克朗巴哈α系数0.90以及3周后的重测信度0.56得到了证实。该问卷（MPA）的最佳截断点为46。同时，通过主成分法和方差最大化旋转提取出4个因子：“过度使用手机”“社交网络成瘾性使用”“情绪调节”和“专注”，男女学生均如此。MPA可用于手机成瘾评估研究。这可以成为识别问题并改善学生手机滥用情况的一块垫脚石。
