The translation and validation of the YouTube addiction scale in modern standard Arabic among emerging and young adults
Haitham Jahrami, Khaled Trabelsi, Waqar Husain, Hadeel Ghazzawi, Zahra Saif, Achraf Ammar, Amir H. Pakpour · 2026
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Haitham Jahrami and colleagues translated a six-question scale on problem YouTube use into Arabic in 2026 and checked it with 1,134 young adults from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Tunisia. The short scale was rendered through forward and back translation, then tested for structure and stability over time.
Answers fitted a single underlying trait well. Scores were steady on repeat testing and lined up with related measures of social media overuse, distress, food addiction scores, and poor sleep. The scale behaved the same across sex and viewing habits. The authors offer it as a screening aid for clinics and surveys in Arabic-speaking settings.
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| CREATOR | Haitham Jahrami, Khaled Trabelsi, Waqar Husain, Hadeel Ghazzawi, Zahra Saif, Achraf Ammar, Amir H. Pakpour |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 75785 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |