Validity, reproducibility, and reliability of the Brazilian version of the smartphone addiction scale-short version in children
Rafael Vieira Martins, Eliane Denise Araújo Bacil, Michael Pereira da Silva, Wagner de Campos · 2025
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Rafael Vieira Martins, Eliane Bacil, Michael Pereira da Silva, and Wagner de Campos check whether a short smartphone addiction scale works for Brazilian children, not just teens and adults. Their 2025 study gives the translated scale to 194 children aged 8 to 10 in Curitiba public schools, alongside family and economic questionnaires.
Factor analysis split the items into three dimensions explaining half the variance. Repeat testing gave an overall agreement score of 0.85, and internal consistency reached 0.87, though single items ranged widely. The authors judge the scale's structure adequate and its consistency acceptable for this age band. They recommend it for studies of problematic phone use in 8- to 10-year-olds. Early measurement, they imply, is the first step to early guidance.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rafael Vieira Martins, Eliane Denise Araújo Bacil, Michael Pereira da Silva, Wagner de Campos |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |