Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents

The problematic use of mobile phones among adolescents has not been widely studied. There are very few instruments for assessing potential technological addiction to mobile phones, or for categorizing different types of users or uses. The most widely used scale is the Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale...

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Autores: López-Fernández, Olatz, Honrubia Serrano, Ma. Luisa, Freixa Blanxart, Montserrat, Gibson, William
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/53130
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Palabra clave:Telèfon mòbil
Adolescència
Conducta (Psicologia)
Cell phones
Adolescence
Human behavior
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spelling Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British AdolescentsLópez-Fernández, OlatzHonrubia Serrano, Ma. LuisaFreixa Blanxart, MontserratGibson, WilliamTelèfon mòbilAdolescènciaConducta (Psicologia)Cell phonesAdolescenceHuman behaviorThe problematic use of mobile phones among adolescents has not been widely studied. There are very few instruments for assessing potential technological addiction to mobile phones, or for categorizing different types of users or uses. The most widely used scale is the Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS), which is used to study adult populations, and has been applied in various forms in international contexts. The aims of this study were to adapt the Spanish version of this scale (MPPUSA) to British adolescents, and then to estimate the prevalence of possible problematic users. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1,529 secondary school pupils aged between 11 and 18 years, with 1,026 completed questionnaires being collected. The analysis showed that the factor and construct validity and reliability were comparable to those obtained in previous studies. The prevalence of problematic users among the students was 10%, and the typical problematic user tended to be an adolescent between 11 and 14 years old, studying in a public school, who considered themselves to be an expert user of this technology, who made extensive use of his/her mobile phone, and who attributed the same problem of use among their peers. These users presented notable scores in all the symptoms covered by the scale used to assess problematic use. In conclusion, the adaptation of the MPPUSA as a screening scale for British adolescents presents good sensitivity and specificity for detecting the main addictive symptoms proposed in this validated version.Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.2013info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/53130Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Social i Psicologia Quantitativa)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0260Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, 2013, vol. 17, num. 2, p. 91-98http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2012.0260(c) Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2013info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/531302026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents
title Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents
spellingShingle Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents
López-Fernández, Olatz
Telèfon mòbil
Adolescència
Conducta (Psicologia)
Cell phones
Adolescence
Human behavior
title_short Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents
title_full Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents
title_fullStr Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents
title_sort Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López-Fernández, Olatz
Honrubia Serrano, Ma. Luisa
Freixa Blanxart, Montserrat
Gibson, William
author López-Fernández, Olatz
author_facet López-Fernández, Olatz
Honrubia Serrano, Ma. Luisa
Freixa Blanxart, Montserrat
Gibson, William
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Freixa Blanxart, Montserrat
Gibson, William
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Telèfon mòbil
Adolescència
Conducta (Psicologia)
Cell phones
Adolescence
Human behavior
topic Telèfon mòbil
Adolescència
Conducta (Psicologia)
Cell phones
Adolescence
Human behavior
description The problematic use of mobile phones among adolescents has not been widely studied. There are very few instruments for assessing potential technological addiction to mobile phones, or for categorizing different types of users or uses. The most widely used scale is the Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS), which is used to study adult populations, and has been applied in various forms in international contexts. The aims of this study were to adapt the Spanish version of this scale (MPPUSA) to British adolescents, and then to estimate the prevalence of possible problematic users. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1,529 secondary school pupils aged between 11 and 18 years, with 1,026 completed questionnaires being collected. The analysis showed that the factor and construct validity and reliability were comparable to those obtained in previous studies. The prevalence of problematic users among the students was 10%, and the typical problematic user tended to be an adolescent between 11 and 14 years old, studying in a public school, who considered themselves to be an expert user of this technology, who made extensive use of his/her mobile phone, and who attributed the same problem of use among their peers. These users presented notable scores in all the symptoms covered by the scale used to assess problematic use. In conclusion, the adaptation of the MPPUSA as a screening scale for British adolescents presents good sensitivity and specificity for detecting the main addictive symptoms proposed in this validated version.
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Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, 2013, vol. 17, num. 2, p. 91-98
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