Obsession and compulsion in mobile use/abuse: OCDUS-TIC
The concepts impulsivity and compulsivity are often used as synonyms, but it is important to make a distinction in the context of addictive behaviors. One of the addictions or abusive behaviors that has acquired importance in recent times is the use of the smartphone. The objective of this study is...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/103377 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103377 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Opioids Compulsivity Smartphone Addiction OCDUS Prefrontal symptoms in daily life Behavioural addictions Compulsividad Adicción al Móvil Sintomatología prefrontal Adicciones comportamentales Psicología (Psicología) 61 Psicología |
| Resumo: | The concepts impulsivity and compulsivity are often used as synonyms, but it is important to make a distinction in the context of addictive behaviors. One of the addictions or abusive behaviors that has acquired importance in recent times is the use of the smartphone. The objective of this study is to obtain an OCDUS-TIC version to study the compulsivity associated with smartphone abuse, to know its basic psychometric properties and the results of its application, as well as evidence of concurrent and discriminant validity. OCDUS-TIC was created and administered through the Internet, using instant messaging programs, social networks and e-mail, and anonymous and voluntary participation was requested. Additionally, MULTICAGE-TIC and the Inventory of Prefrontal Symptoms were administered. A sample of n=748 was obtained. The internal consistency and structural validity of OCDUS-TIC (by confirmatory factorial analysis) were studied and found to be satisfactory. It was observed that the obsessive-compulsive components are of greater magnitude as the implication in the use and its progression to smartphone abuse increases. OCDUS-TIC scales showed large correlations with prefrontal malfunction symptoms. In conclusion, OCDUS-TIC explores with psychometric guarantees the obsessive-compulsive components of smartphone use/abuse, which in turn are closely related to failures of prefrontal origin in daily life. If impulsivity has focused the interest in the study of mobile phone abuse, the data from the present study suggest that greater attention should be paid to compulsivity as a factor in the maintenance of abuse. |
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