Problematic mobile phone use in adolescence: a cross-sectional study

Martinotti, Giovanni; Villella, C.; Thiene, Domitilla Di; Nicola, Marco Di; Bria, Pietro; Conte, G.; Cassano, Maria; Petruccelli, Filippo; Corvasce, Nicola; Janiri, Luigi; Torre, Giuseppe La

doi:10.1007/s10389-011-0422-6

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“…It is clearly more convenient since it consists only of 10 items which saves time and is likely to reduce the number of missing items. Our item selection criteria focussed particularly on creating a questionnaire suitable for research in adolescents, which is important considering the high amount of mobile phone use stated for this age group in different studies using different methods for assessment (Ha et al 2008;Lopez-Fernandez et al 2014;Martinotti et al 2011).…”

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“…In an Italian study using the Mobile Addiction Test (MAT) 6.3% of adolescents were classified as dependent from their mobile phones (Martinotti et al 2011). In another study on British adolescents using the MPPUS the 90 th percentile was chosen to classify at risk-use according to a statistical classification they prompted to have found in pathological gambling assessment (LopezFernandez et al 2014).…”

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Problematic mobile phone use in adolescents: derivation of a short scale MPPUS-10

Foerster

Roser

Schoeni

et al. 2015

Int J Public Health

158

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ObjectivesOur aim was to derive a short version of the Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS) using data from 412 adolescents of the Swiss HERMES (Health Effects Related to Mobile phonE use in adolescentS) cohort. MethodsA German version of the original MPPUS consisting of 27 items was shortened by principal component analysis (PCA) using baseline data collected in 2012. For confirmation the PCA was carried out again with follow-up data one year later. ResultsPCA revealed four factors related to symptoms of addiction("Loss of Control", "Withdrawal", "Negative Life Consequences" and "Craving") and a fifth factor reflecting the social component of mobile phone use ("Peer Dependence"). The shortened scale (MPPUS-10) highly reflects the original MPPUS (Kendalls' Tau: 0.80 with 90% concordant pairs). Internal consistency of MPPUS-10 was good with Cronbach's alpha: 0.85. The results were confirmed using the follow-up data. ConclusionsThe MPPUS-10 is a suitable instrument for research in adolescents. It will help to further clarify the definition of problematic mobile phone use in adolescents and explore similarities and differences to other technological addictions.

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Problematic mobile phone use in adolescents: derivation of a short scale MPPUS-10

Foerster

Roser

Schoeni

et al. 2015

Int J Public Health

158

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“…Thus, even though a restrictive statistical criterion was used here, the estimated prevalence of these British adolescents classified as problematic users was 10%, which is within the range of previous European studies. 22,32,33 When considering prevalence, however, it is important to bear in mind the diversity of instruments and classification criteria that have been used to date, which makes the comparability of the findings difficult.…”

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“…25 However, very few epidemiological studies have been conducted that focus on adolescents' MPPU, despite the fact that this population would seem to be most at risk, due to the poor impulse control that characterizes this developmental stage, as well as the increasing use of mobile phones as a device for the self-management of emotions, social and family life, and social status. 30 Several studies have been conducted in countries such as Thailand, 31 China, 12,21 Korea, 19 Turkey, 10,17 Spain, 15,20,22,32 Italy, 33 and Australia. 23 The estimated prevalence of MPPU in adolescence ranges between 5.57% 22 and 33%.…”

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Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents

Lopez-Fernandez

Honrubia-Serrano

Freixa-Blanxart

et al. 2014

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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The problematic use of mobile phones among adolescents has not been widely studied. There are very few instruments for assessing potential technological addiction to mobile phones, or for categorizing different types of users or uses. The most widely used scale is the Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS), which is used to study adult populations, and has been applied in various forms in international contexts. The aims of this study were to adapt the Spanish version of this scale (MPPUSA) to British adolescents, and then to estimate the prevalence of possible problematic users. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1,529 secondary school pupils aged between 11 and 18 years, with 1,026 completed questionnaires being collected. The analysis showed that the factor and construct validity and reliability were comparable to those obtained in previous studies. The prevalence of problematic users among the students was 10%, and the typical problematic user tended to be an adolescent between 11 and 14 years old, studying in a public school, who considered themselves to be an expert user of this technology, who made extensive use of his/her mobile phone, and who attributed the same problem of use among their peers. These users presented notable scores in all the symptoms covered by the scale used to assess problematic use. In conclusion, the adaptation of the MPPUSA as a screening scale for British adolescents presents good sensitivity and specificity for detecting the main addictive symptoms proposed in this validated version.

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“…Regarding other countries, pathological use of mobile phones was observed in 6.3% of Italian adolescents (6.5% of females and 6.1% of males) [20], 20% of Spanish adolescents aged 13 to 20 (26.1% of females and 13% of males) [21] and 10% of British adolescents aged 11 to 18 [22].…”

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Pathological use of mobile phones by secondary school students

Warzecha¹,

Pawlak²

2017

Arch Psych Psych

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Aim of the studyThe dangers resulting from the dysfunctional use of mobile phones by adolescents are presented in the study. The main aim of the conducted study was the exploration of addiction to mobile phones used by secondary students as well as the presentation of differences in addiction to mobile phones in group of women and men. 470 Polish secondary students from Silesia took part in the study.Subject or material and methodsThe author’s distributed questionnaire which contained questions concerning the types of the Internet activity, the aims and intensity of use of modern means of communication (computers with the Internet access and the mobile phones) and the Survey form and the Mobile Phone Addiction Assessment Questionnaire (KBUTK) by Potembska and Pawłowska were used in the study.ResultsThe criteria of being at risk of mobile phone addiction were fulfilled by about 35% of tested students and about 4% of students were addicted to mobile phones. Analyzing the level of addiction to mobile phones by gender, it can be stated that more women than men fulfill the criteria of being addicted and being at risk of addiction to mobile phones.DiscussionThe obtained results proved the hypothesis formulated in the study which assumed that there are statistically significant differences between the students who correctly and pathologically use mobile phones in total and by gender.ConclusionsThe problematic use of mobile phones by the adolescents may be a cause of health problems and social expense.

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Problematic mobile phone use in adolescence: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 107 publications

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Problematic mobile phone use in adolescents: derivation of a short scale MPPUS-10

Problematic mobile phone use in adolescents: derivation of a short scale MPPUS-10

Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents

Pathological use of mobile phones by secondary school students

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