[Design and validation of a scale to measure nomophobia among children 9-13 years old].

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To design and validate a nomophobia scale in children aged 9-13 years.

Design

Cross-sectional descriptive observational study. SITE: The pilot study was carried out in December 2019 with students from a school in Ávila and another in Madrid. The field study was carried out during the months of January to March 2020, collecting data from 592 students from a school in Badajoz and 3 from Ávila.

Participants

Students of both sexes from 4th, 5th and 6th of Primary Education and from 1st and 2nd of Compulsory Secondary Education, from public and private schools.

Method

The study has been divided in 2 phases.

Phase i

consisted of the preparation of a 40-item questionnaire with the advice of a panel of experts. This questionnaire was passed, within the

SUBMITTER: Lopez S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9713263 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature