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Psychometric properties of the smartphone addiction proneness scale in a sample of Malaysian adolescents

The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the 15-item smartphone addiction proneness scale (SAPS) among a sample of Malaysian adolescents. The gathered data were subjected to exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. There were 922 secondary school students involved in...

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Main Authors: Chan, Sii Jiing, Yeo, Kee Jiar, Handayani, Lina
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Language:English
Published: Intelektual Pustaka Media Utama 2022
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L Education (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/98530/1/YeoKeeJiar2022_PsychometricPropertiesoftheSmartphoneAddiction.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/98530/
http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v11i3.21971
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spelling my.utm.985302023-01-12T08:57:59Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/98530/ Psychometric properties of the smartphone addiction proneness scale in a sample of Malaysian adolescents Chan, Sii Jiing Yeo, Kee Jiar Handayani, Lina L Education (General) The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the 15-item smartphone addiction proneness scale (SAPS) among a sample of Malaysian adolescents. The gathered data were subjected to exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. There were 922 secondary school students involved in this study. The exploratory factor analysis extracted a three-factor solution for SAPS. These factors were named disturbance of adaptive functions, withdrawal and tolerance. Results from confirmatory factor analysis also indicated that the three-factor structure fits well with the data. The internal consistency of the scale was found to be good. The positive and moderately strong correlation between SAPS and three widely adopted criterion variables (depression, loneliness and boredom proneness) supported the concurrent validity of SAPS. The results of this study showed that the SAPS is a reliable and valid instrument for identifying problematic smartphone use among Malaysian adolescents. Intelektual Pustaka Media Utama 2022-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/98530/1/YeoKeeJiar2022_PsychometricPropertiesoftheSmartphoneAddiction.pdf Chan, Sii Jiing and Yeo, Kee Jiar and Handayani, Lina (2022) Psychometric properties of the smartphone addiction proneness scale in a sample of Malaysian adolescents. International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS), 11 (3). pp. 785-792. ISSN 2252-8806 http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v11i3.21971 DOI:10.11591/ijphs.v11i3.21971
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topic L Education (General)
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Chan, Sii Jiing
Yeo, Kee Jiar
Handayani, Lina
Psychometric properties of the smartphone addiction proneness scale in a sample of Malaysian adolescents
description The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the 15-item smartphone addiction proneness scale (SAPS) among a sample of Malaysian adolescents. The gathered data were subjected to exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. There were 922 secondary school students involved in this study. The exploratory factor analysis extracted a three-factor solution for SAPS. These factors were named disturbance of adaptive functions, withdrawal and tolerance. Results from confirmatory factor analysis also indicated that the three-factor structure fits well with the data. The internal consistency of the scale was found to be good. The positive and moderately strong correlation between SAPS and three widely adopted criterion variables (depression, loneliness and boredom proneness) supported the concurrent validity of SAPS. The results of this study showed that the SAPS is a reliable and valid instrument for identifying problematic smartphone use among Malaysian adolescents.
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author Chan, Sii Jiing
Yeo, Kee Jiar
Handayani, Lina
author_facet Chan, Sii Jiing
Yeo, Kee Jiar
Handayani, Lina
author_sort Chan, Sii Jiing
title Psychometric properties of the smartphone addiction proneness scale in a sample of Malaysian adolescents
title_short Psychometric properties of the smartphone addiction proneness scale in a sample of Malaysian adolescents
title_full Psychometric properties of the smartphone addiction proneness scale in a sample of Malaysian adolescents
title_fullStr Psychometric properties of the smartphone addiction proneness scale in a sample of Malaysian adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Psychometric properties of the smartphone addiction proneness scale in a sample of Malaysian adolescents
title_sort psychometric properties of the smartphone addiction proneness scale in a sample of malaysian adolescents
publisher Intelektual Pustaka Media Utama
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/98530/1/YeoKeeJiar2022_PsychometricPropertiesoftheSmartphoneAddiction.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/98530/
http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v11i3.21971
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