Development of a Mobile Phone Addiction Craving Scale and Its Validation in a Spanish Adult Population.

ABSTRACT: In some people, problematic cell phone use can lead to situations in which they lose control, similar to those observed in other cases of addiction. Although different scales have been developed to assess its severity, we lack an instrument that is able to determine the desire or craving associated with it. Thus, with the objective of evaluating craving for cell phone use, in this study, we develop and present the Mobile Phone Addiction Craving Scale (MPACS). It consists of eight Likert-style items, with 10 response options, referring to possible situations in which the interviewee is asked to evaluate the degree of restlessness that he or she feels if the cell phone is unavailable at the moment. It can be self-administered or integrated in an interview when abuse or problems are suspected

SUBMITTER: De-Sola J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5447711 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature