Concepts clarification and differentiation between smartphone addiction and compulsive internet use based on diagnostic investigation on two scales

Adelhardt Z, Markus S, Eberle T (2019)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2019

Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery

Pages Range: 108-116

Conference Proceedings Title: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Event location: Toronto, ON CA

ISBN: 9781450366519

DOI: 10.1145/3328529.3328551

Abstract

Smartphone addiction, Internet addiction, online gaming addiction, communication addiction disorder and social network addiction are widely discussed topics nowadays. However, there is lack of distinction between different types of these technology-based addictions. The aim of this study is to investigate whether two commonly used instruments measure two different concepts as they intend to. Therefore, we made a diagnostic analysis of the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-SV) for adolescents and the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS). We surveyed 96 adolescents aged between 14 and 15 years through online questionnaire. The results of the statistical analysis show that the two scales are highly correlated (r=.98, p≤.001). By using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) we stepwise reduced both instruments to their main "loading" cores to get insights in the phenomena they measure. The reduced scales stayed highly correlated. However, a combined model based on both reduced scales implies very good model fit and high reliability. We argue that both instruments measure almost the same phenomena and propose an alternative scale based on the reduction of the SAS-SV and CIUS scales - the Compulsory Mobile Internet Use Scale (CMIU). Further validation of this scale is needed. The main limitation of the study is its relatively small "convenience" sample. Further limitations and implications are discussed.

Authors with CRIS profile

Zinaida Adelhardt Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik mit dem Schwerpunkt Schulentwicklungsforschung und Experiential Learning Thomas Eberle Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik mit dem Schwerpunkt Schulentwicklungsforschung und Experiential Learning

Related research project(s)

Veränderung von Einstellungen und Mediennutzung Jugendlicher im Kontext einer erlebnispädagogischen Langzeitintervention Jan. 1, 2018 - Jan. 1, 2021

Involved external institutions

Bergische Universität Wuppertal DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Adelhardt, Z., Markus, S., & Eberle, T. (2019). Concepts clarification and differentiation between smartphone addiction and compulsive internet use based on diagnostic investigation on two scales. In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (pp. 108-116). Toronto, ON, CA: Association for Computing Machinery.

MLA:

Adelhardt, Zinaida, Stefan Markus, and Thomas Eberle. "Concepts clarification and differentiation between smartphone addiction and compulsive internet use based on diagnostic investigation on two scales." Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Social Media and Society: Rethinking Privacy and Trust, SMSociety 2019, Toronto, ON Association for Computing Machinery, 2019. 108-116.

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