Assessment of the accuracy of a new tool for the screening of smartphone addiction.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To translate, adapt and validate the Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) in a Brazilian population of young adults.

Method

We employed the translation and back-translation method for the adaptation of the Brazilian version SPAI (SPAI-BR). The sample consisted of 415 university students. Data was collected through an electronic questionnaire, which consisted of the SPAI-BR and the Goodman Criteria (gold standard). The retests were carried out 10-15 days after the initial tests with 130 individuals.

Results

The SPAI-BR maintained semantic, idiomatic and conceptual equivalences from the original scale. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis confirmed the One-factor model of the SPAI with good fit indexes (x2 = 767.861, CFI = 0.913, TLI = 0.905, RMSE = 0.061, WRMR =

SUBMITTER: Khoury JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5435144 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature