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Title: | Psychometric properties of three simplified Chinese online-related addictive behavior instruments among mainland Chinese primary school students | Authors: | Chen, IH Ahorsu, DK Pakpour, AH Griffiths, MD Lin, CY Chen, CY |
Issue Date: | Sep-2020 | Source: | Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020, v. 11, 875, p. 1-8 | Abstract: | Background/Objective: There are inadequate screening instruments for assessing specific internet-related addictions among mainland Chinese primary school students. Therefore, the present study validated the psychometric properties of three simplified Chinese online-related addictive behavior instruments among mainland Chinese primary school students. Method: Fourth to sixth graders (n = 1108; 48.3% males; mean [SD] age = 10.37 years [0.95]) completed the nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scales-Short Form (IGDS-SF9), Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), and Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS) in a classroom. The factorial structures and the unidimensionality of the three scales were examined using confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs). Measurement invariance of the three scales was examined using multigroup confirmatory factor analyses (MGCFAs) across gender. Results: The findings demonstrated that the three scales (Cronbach's alpha= 0.73 to 0.84) had unidimensional structure as supported by satisfactory fit indices (comparative fit index = 0.98 to 1.00). The MGCFA findings indicated that the unidimensional structures of the three scales were invariant across gender. Conclusions: The findings indicate that the three simplified Chinese scales (IGDS-SF9, BSMAS, and SABAS) are valid instruments for assessing online-related addictive behaviors among mainland Chinese primary school students irrespective of their gender. |
Keywords: | Child technology use Gaming addiction Psychometrics Social media addiction Smartphone addiction |
Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation | Journal: | Frontiers in psychiatry | EISSN: | 1664-0640 | DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00875 | Rights: | Copyright © 2020 Chen, Ahorsu, Pakpour, Griffiths, Lin and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. The following publication Chen I-H, Ahorsu DK, Pakpour AH, Griffiths MD, Lin C-Y and Chen C-Y (2020) Psychometric Properties of Three Simplified Chinese Online-Related Addictive Behavior Instruments Among Mainland Chinese Primary School Students. Front. Psychiatry 11:875 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00875 |
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