International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)
Vol 12, No 4: December 2023

Validation of smartphone addiction scale-short version among Malaysian undergraduate students

Boon Yew Wong (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Kee Jiar Yeo (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Shih-Hui Lee (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Lina Handayani (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2023

Abstract

Smartphone addiction scale-short version or SAS-SV has been consistently found to have one-factor structure and proven as a valid and reliable instrument to measure smartphone addiction. However, it has not been validated among the undergraduate students in Malaysia. With the aim to address such empirical gap, this study has validated its one-factor structure and assessed its reliability and validity among the 680 undergraduate students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Its content validity was first demonstrated. Subsequently, the findings of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) have supported and confirmed its one-factor model. Furthermore, its convergent validity and reliability were also proven to be satisfactory. Taken together, this study has demonstrated that SAS-SV is an instrument that can reliably and accurately measure or identify smartphone addiction symptoms among the undergraduate students in Malaysia.

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Journal Info

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IJPHS

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Subject

Health Professions

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International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes material on all aspects of public health science. This IJPHS provides the ideal platform for the discussion of more sophisticated public health research and practice for authors and readers world ...