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      Self-Perception of Dependence as an Indicator of Smartphone Addiction—Establishment of a Cutoff Point in the SPAI–Spain Inventory

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          Background: In recent years, the abusive use of the smartphone has reached a situation that could be considered pathological. In this sense, different instruments to assess this problematic use or addiction to the smartphone are used. One of these instruments is the Smartphone Addition Inventory (SPAI), which has been validated in the Spanish language (SPAI-Spain). The main difficulty of these scales is to establish a cut-off point that determines such mobile addiction. On the other hand, self-perception was used in different addictions as a predictor of the problem. Aim: The objective of this study was to establish the cut-off point in the scores of the SPAI-Spain, using as a reference the self-perception of addiction values. Methods: A receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis was carried out, establishing as the cut-off point the one that presented a higher value of Youden J, indicative of its sensitivity and specificity. Results: 2958 participants from the university community completed the SPAI–Spain questionnaire. Differences in SPAI–Spain scores were found among age groups and gender, even though not all of them were statistically significant. When using the self-perception of smartphone addiction as the benchmark value, a score of 44 was established as the cutting point of the SPAI-Spain questionnaire, with a Youden J corresponding to 0.416. Conclusions: The implementation of a cut-off point of the SPAI-Spain questionnaire makes it an instrument that allows early identification of those individuals at risk of addiction, as well as the establishment of preventive and/or intervention measures.

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          Development and Validation of a Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS)

          Objective The aim of this study was to develop a self-diagnostic scale that could distinguish smartphone addicts based on the Korean self-diagnostic program for Internet addiction (K-scale) and the smartphone's own features. In addition, the reliability and validity of the smartphone addiction scale (SAS) was demonstrated. Methods A total of 197 participants were selected from Nov. 2011 to Jan. 2012 to accomplish a set of questionnaires, including SAS, K-scale, modified Kimberly Young Internet addiction test (Y-scale), visual analogue scale (VAS), and substance dependence and abuse diagnosis of DSM-IV. There were 64 males and 133 females, with ages ranging from 18 to 53 years (M = 26.06; SD = 5.96). Factor analysis, internal-consistency test, t-test, ANOVA, and correlation analysis were conducted to verify the reliability and validity of SAS. Results Based on the factor analysis results, the subscale “disturbance of reality testing” was removed, and six factors were left. The internal consistency and concurrent validity of SAS were verified (Cronbach's alpha = 0.967). SAS and its subscales were significantly correlated with K-scale and Y-scale. The VAS of each factor also showed a significant correlation with each subscale. In addition, differences were found in the job (p<0.05), education (p<0.05), and self-reported smartphone addiction scores (p<0.001) in SAS. Conclusions This study developed the first scale of the smartphone addiction aspect of the diagnostic manual. This scale was proven to be relatively reliable and valid.
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                Journal
                Int J Environ Res Public Health
                Int J Environ Res Public Health
                ijerph
                International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
                MDPI
                1661-7827
                1660-4601
                28 May 2020
                June 2020
                : 17
                : 11
                : 3838
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Nursing Department, Facultat d’Infermeria I Podologia, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain; M.luisa.ballestar@ 123456uv.es (M.L.B.-T.); conchin.simo@ 123456uv.es (C.S.-S.); sausor@ 123456uv.es (C.S.-O.); m.carmen.casal@ 123456uv.es (C.C.-A.); Antonio.Martinez-Sabater@ 123456uv.es (A.M.-S.)
                [2 ]Hospital General, Universitario de Valencia, 46014 Valencia, Spain
                [3 ]Nursing School La Fe, Universitario de Valencia, 46026 Valencia, Spain
                [4 ]Emergencies Service, Extra-hospital, 46010 Valencia, Spain
                [5 ]Hospital Clínico, Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
                Author notes
                [* ]Correspondence: elena.chover@ 123456uv.es ; Tel.:+34-96-3864182
                Author information
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4141-6956
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4972-8559
                https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1783-2893
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6440-1431
                Article
                ijerph-17-03838
                10.3390/ijerph17113838
                7312961
                32481681
                9a701ff5-0ffc-4d12-a793-83fe45e7b618
                © 2020 by the authors.

                Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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                : 30 April 2020
                : 25 May 2020
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                Public health
                smartphones,addiction,self-perceived addiction,roc analysis,cutoff point,spai–spain
                Public health
                smartphones, addiction, self-perceived addiction, roc analysis, cutoff point, spai–spain

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