Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Evidence of the Phubbing Scale

Phubbing, the act of ignoring people during a face-to-face interaction to dedicate attention to the smartphone, is a phenomenon widely observed in today’s society. Therefore, this research aimed to carry out the cross-cultural adaptation of the Phubbing Scale to Brazilian Portuguese and examine its...

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Autores: Santos, Adriane de Almeida, Torres, Marck de Souza, Santos, Lívia Fernanda Nascimento dos, Martins, Henrique de Araújo
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto. Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/224843
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.usp.br/paideia/article/view/224843
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:psychometrics
behavior
smartphone
communication
psicometría
comportamiento
comunicación
psicometria
comportamento
comunicação
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Resumo:Phubbing, the act of ignoring people during a face-to-face interaction to dedicate attention to the smartphone, is a phenomenon widely observed in today’s society. Therefore, this research aimed to carry out the cross-cultural adaptation of the Phubbing Scale to Brazilian Portuguese and examine its psychometric properties. The study included 1,551 Brazilian adults, 61.7% female and 29.9% male, aged from 18 to 76 years (M = 31.6 years; SD = 9.6 years). A socio-demographic questionnaire and the Phubbing Scale were used. Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Network Analysis and Mann-Whitney Test were performed. The results confirmed the bifactorial version of the Phubbing Scale with good fit indices (CFI = 0.99; TLI = 0.99; α = 0.83). The Phubbing Scale showed adequate psychometric