Development and validation of the Screen Dependency Scale (SDS) among pre-school children
Introduction: Excessive screen time in young children is associated with many harmful consequences including screen dependency. Research have shown worrying prevalence of media related dependency among adolescents but questionnaires among pre-school children specifically is lacking which expla...
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| Format: | Proceeding Paper |
| Language: | en |
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Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia and Family Medicine Specialist Association of Malaysia
2021
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/95846/1/combinepdf%20%282%29.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/95846/ |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Excessive screen time in young children is
associated with many harmful consequences including screen
dependency. Research have shown worrying prevalence of
media related dependency among adolescents but questionnaires among pre-school children specifically is lacking which explains the paucity of data in this group. This study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire to assess screen dependency among pre-school children aged 4 to 6 years old.
Methods: A cross sectional 2-phase study was carried
out. During Phase 1, a preliminary parent report measure
questionnaire was developed in Bahasa Malaysia. It was sent
to four experts for content validity followed by face validity. In
Phase 2, a total of 386 parents of pre-school children aged 4 to 6
years old, split into two samples, were involved in the field study
for exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor
analysis (CFA).
Results: Sample 1 was used to perform EFA to determine the
factorial structure of the SDS. All items with factor loading of >
0.4 were included. Sample 2 was used to perform the CFA and
RMSEA, GFI and CFI analysis showed that the SDS has a good
fit and confirms the dimensional structure found via EFA. The
final questionnaire consists of 15 items with 4 factors structure
and has an excellent internal consistency reliability of 0.899.
Conclusion: The Screen Dependency Scale (SDS) is a reliable
and valid questionnaire to detect screen dependency among pre�school children ages 4 to 6 years old in Malaysia |
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