The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties
Phubbing is defined as ignoring other individuals by using a mobile phone during a face-to-face conversation. The Phubbing Scale (PS) was developed to assess this practice. In this study, we analyze the psychometric properties of the 8-item version of the PS (PS-8) in the Portuguese population, prov...
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| Keyword: | Communication disturbance Phone obsession Internet addiction Problematic mobile phone use Confirmatory factor analysis Psychometric properties |
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| author | García-Castro, Fernando Javier |
| author2 | Abreu, Ana María Rando, Belén Blanca, María José |
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| author_browse | Abreu, Ana María Blanca, María José García-Castro, Fernando Javier Rando, Belén |
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| description | Phubbing is defined as ignoring other individuals by using a mobile phone during a face-to-face conversation. The Phubbing Scale (PS) was developed to assess this practice. In this study, we analyze the psychometric properties of the 8-item version of the PS (PS-8) in the Portuguese population, providing validity evidence based on internal structure and on relationships with other variables, and examining item properties, reliability, and measurement invariance across gender. Participants were 391 Portuguese adults (132 men, 259 women) who completed a battery of questionnaires. Confirmatory factor analysis yielded satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices for the two-factor structure (communication disturbance and phone obsession), which was invariant across gender. Item homogeneity and reliability of factor scores (McDonald’s omega) were satisfactory. Validity evidence based on relationships with other variables was provided by positive associations with time spent on the Internet on weekdays and at the weekend, time spent on social networking sites, number of social networks used, Internet addiction, problematic mobile phone use, Facebook intrusion, fear of missing out, and depression. These associations show the addictive component of phubbing and its relationship with mental health. The PS-8 is a short and easy-to-administer scale with adequate psychometric properties for measuring phubbing in the Portuguese population. |
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| spelling | The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties García-Castro, Fernando Javier Abreu, Ana María Rando, Belén Blanca, María José Communication disturbance Phone obsession Internet addiction Problematic mobile phone use Confirmatory factor analysis Psychometric properties Phubbing is defined as ignoring other individuals by using a mobile phone during a face-to-face conversation. The Phubbing Scale (PS) was developed to assess this practice. In this study, we analyze the psychometric properties of the 8-item version of the PS (PS-8) in the Portuguese population, providing validity evidence based on internal structure and on relationships with other variables, and examining item properties, reliability, and measurement invariance across gender. Participants were 391 Portuguese adults (132 men, 259 women) who completed a battery of questionnaires. Confirmatory factor analysis yielded satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices for the two-factor structure (communication disturbance and phone obsession), which was invariant across gender. Item homogeneity and reliability of factor scores (McDonald’s omega) were satisfactory. Validity evidence based on relationships with other variables was provided by positive associations with time spent on the Internet on weekdays and at the weekend, time spent on social networking sites, number of social networks used, Internet addiction, problematic mobile phone use, Facebook intrusion, fear of missing out, and depression. These associations show the addictive component of phubbing and its relationship with mental health. The PS-8 is a short and easy-to-administer scale with adequate psychometric properties for measuring phubbing in the Portuguese population. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/7089 |
| spellingShingle | The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties García-Castro, Fernando Javier Communication disturbance Phone obsession Internet addiction Problematic mobile phone use Confirmatory factor analysis Psychometric properties |
| title | The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties |
| title_full | The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties |
| title_fullStr | The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties |
| title_short | The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties |
| title_sort | The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties |
| topic | Communication disturbance Phone obsession Internet addiction Problematic mobile phone use Confirmatory factor analysis Psychometric properties |
| topic_facet | Communication disturbance Phone obsession Internet addiction Problematic mobile phone use Confirmatory factor analysis Psychometric properties |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/7089 |