The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties

Phubbing is defined as ignoring other individuals by using a mobile phone during a face-to-face conversation. The Phubbing Scale (PS) was developed to assess this practice. In this study, we analyze the psychometric properties of the 8-item version of the PS (PS-8) in the Portuguese population, prov...

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Autores: García-Castro, Fernando Javier, Abreu, Ana María, Rando, Belén, Blanca, María José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Repositorio:Brújula
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/7089
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/7089
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Communication disturbance
Phone obsession
Internet addiction
Problematic mobile phone use
Confirmatory factor analysis
Psychometric properties
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spelling The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric propertiesGarcía-Castro, Fernando JavierAbreu, Ana MaríaRando, BelénBlanca, María JoséCommunication disturbancePhone obsessionInternet addictionProblematic mobile phone useConfirmatory factor analysisPsychometric propertiesPhubbing is defined as ignoring other individuals by using a mobile phone during a face-to-face conversation. The Phubbing Scale (PS) was developed to assess this practice. In this study, we analyze the psychometric properties of the 8-item version of the PS (PS-8) in the Portuguese population, providing validity evidence based on internal structure and on relationships with other variables, and examining item properties, reliability, and measurement invariance across gender. Participants were 391 Portuguese adults (132 men, 259 women) who completed a battery of questionnaires. Confirmatory factor analysis yielded satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices for the two-factor structure (communication disturbance and phone obsession), which was invariant across gender. Item homogeneity and reliability of factor scores (McDonald’s omega) were satisfactory. Validity evidence based on relationships with other variables was provided by positive associations with time spent on the Internet on weekdays and at the weekend, time spent on social networking sites, number of social networks used, Internet addiction, problematic mobile phone use, Facebook intrusion, fear of missing out, and depression. These associations show the addictive component of phubbing and its relationship with mental health. The PS-8 is a short and easy-to-administer scale with adequate psychometric properties for measuring phubbing in the Portuguese population.2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/7089reponame:Brújulainstname:Universidad Loyola AndalucíaIngléshttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-022-00209-zhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/70892026-06-24T12:48:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties
title The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties
spellingShingle The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties
García-Castro, Fernando Javier
Communication disturbance
Phone obsession
Internet addiction
Problematic mobile phone use
Confirmatory factor analysis
Psychometric properties
title_short The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties
title_full The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties
title_fullStr The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties
title_full_unstemmed The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties
title_sort The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García-Castro, Fernando Javier
Abreu, Ana María
Rando, Belén
Blanca, María José
author García-Castro, Fernando Javier
author_facet García-Castro, Fernando Javier
Abreu, Ana María
Rando, Belén
Blanca, María José
author_role author
author2 Abreu, Ana María
Rando, Belén
Blanca, María José
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Communication disturbance
Phone obsession
Internet addiction
Problematic mobile phone use
Confirmatory factor analysis
Psychometric properties
topic Communication disturbance
Phone obsession
Internet addiction
Problematic mobile phone use
Confirmatory factor analysis
Psychometric properties
description Phubbing is defined as ignoring other individuals by using a mobile phone during a face-to-face conversation. The Phubbing Scale (PS) was developed to assess this practice. In this study, we analyze the psychometric properties of the 8-item version of the PS (PS-8) in the Portuguese population, providing validity evidence based on internal structure and on relationships with other variables, and examining item properties, reliability, and measurement invariance across gender. Participants were 391 Portuguese adults (132 men, 259 women) who completed a battery of questionnaires. Confirmatory factor analysis yielded satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices for the two-factor structure (communication disturbance and phone obsession), which was invariant across gender. Item homogeneity and reliability of factor scores (McDonald’s omega) were satisfactory. Validity evidence based on relationships with other variables was provided by positive associations with time spent on the Internet on weekdays and at the weekend, time spent on social networking sites, number of social networks used, Internet addiction, problematic mobile phone use, Facebook intrusion, fear of missing out, and depression. These associations show the addictive component of phubbing and its relationship with mental health. The PS-8 is a short and easy-to-administer scale with adequate psychometric properties for measuring phubbing in the Portuguese population.
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