Italian Validation of Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version for Adolescents and Young Adults (SAS-SV)
- 1 Department of Education Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italia
- 2 Department of Education Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italia
- 3 Department of Education Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italia
Abstract
Objectives: To establish a valid and reliable translated version of Smartphone Addiction Scale for adolescent (SAS-SV) in Italian languages. It is a 10-item, monodimensional, self-administered questionnaire, which was validated using a large Korean sample. Methods: We reported the linguistic validation process and the metric validity of the Italian version of SAS-SV in the Italy. The sample consisted of 633 adolescents and young adults, recruited from High Public School and University in Italy, with a mean age of 18 years. The validation process consisted in forward-backward translation, and factor structure testing. Results: Results showed a good reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = .79) and an almost acceptable factor structure. Conclusion: A valid and reliable Smartphone Addiction Scale in Short Version was developed which can be used for research and clinical assessment of adolescents and young adults with smartphone addiction.
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