Psychometric Properties of Three Simplified Chinese Online-Related Addictive Behavior Instruments Among Mainland Chinese Primary School Students

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Amir H. Pakpour²  Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu³  Chao-Ying Chen³  Chung-Ying Lin⁴  Mark D. Griffiths⁵  I-Hua Chen⁶ 

[1] Chinese Academy of Education Big Data, Qufu Normal University, Shandong, China;Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden;Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong;Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom;School of Education Science, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, China;Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran;

关键词: child technology use;    gaming addiction;    psychometrics;    social media addiction;    smartphone addiction;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00875

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background/ObjectiveThere 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.MethodFourth 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.ResultsThe findings demonstrated that the three scales (Cronbach’s α = 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.ConclusionsThe 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.

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