Ortuño-Sierra Javier, Navaridas-Nalda Fermín, Mason Oliver, Ciarreta-López Ana, Barbed-Castrejón Noelia
Educational Sciences Department, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain.
Psychology Department, Surrey University, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Dec 5;12(23):2459. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12232459.
Phubbing-the act of snubbing someone by concentrating on a smartphone-is claimed to be an increasing, even normative, behavior receiving more research attention. However, evidence about the adequacy of instruments that allow screening for phubbing is limited.
Thus, the main purpose of the present study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Phubbing scale in a sample of adolescents and young adults and present a reliable and valid short form.
The final sample included a total of 1351 adolescent students (54.25% males), aged between 12 and 21. The study used a self-administered questionnaire with different scales for collecting data.
A two-dimensional model of a short version of the PS with 6 items (PS-6) displayed appropriate goodness-of-fit indices. Strong measurement invariance for the two-dimensional model across gender and educational levels was confirmed. McDonald's Omega coefficients for the Communication, the Obsession, and the Total score of the PS-6 were 0.617, 0.669, and 0.701, respectively. The PS-6 was positively associated with several indicators of psychological difficulties and negatively associated with psychological well-being and self-esteem.
The present study contributes valuable information about the psychometric adequacy of the PS-6, a short instrument that allows screening for Phubbing in adolescents and young adults.
低头族行为（即专注于智能手机而冷落他人的行为）据称日益普遍，甚至成为一种常态行为，受到了更多的研究关注。然而，用于筛查低头族行为的工具是否充分的证据有限。
因此，本研究的主要目的是分析青少年和青年样本中低头族量表的心理测量特性，并提出一个可靠且有效的简版量表。
最终样本包括1351名青少年学生（男性占54.25%），年龄在12至21岁之间。该研究使用了一份包含不同量表的自填式问卷来收集数据。
一个包含6个条目的低头族量表简版（PS-6）的二维模型显示出合适的拟合优度指标。证实了该二维模型在性别和教育水平上具有很强的测量不变性。PS-6的沟通维度、痴迷维度和总分的麦克唐纳欧米伽系数分别为0.617、0.669和0.701。PS-6与多种心理困扰指标呈正相关，与心理健康和自尊呈负相关。
本研究为PS-6的心理测量充分性提供了有价值的信息，PS-6是一种可用于筛查青少年和青年低头族行为的简短工具。
