Tzu Tsun Luk|Man Ping Wang|Chen Shen|Alice Wan|Pui Hing Chau|John L. Oliffe|Kasisomayajula Viswanath|Symphorosa S. C. Chan|Tai Hing Lam
Short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale in Chinese adults: Psychometric properties, sociodemographic, and health behavioral correlates
University of Hong Kong|University of Hong Kong|Imperial College London|University of Hong Kong|University of Hong Kong|University of British Columbia|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Harvard University|University of Hong Kong|University of Hong Kong
problematic smartphone use psu emerging understudied public health issue little known epidemiology psu population level evaluated psychometric properties smartphone addiction scale short version sassv examined associated sociodemographic factors health behaviors chinese adults hong konga random sample 3211 adults aged 18 years mean sd 433 157 453 men participated populationbased telephone survey hong kong completed chinese sassv multivariable linear regressions examined associations sociodemographic factors health behaviors chronic disease status sassv score data weighted age sex education attainment distributions hong kong general populationthe chinese sassv internally consistent cronbachs 844 stable 1 week intraclass correlation coefficient 76 p 001 confirmatory factor analysis supported unidimensional structure established previous studies weighted prevalence psu 385 95 confidence interval 369 402 female sex younger age marriedcohabitated divorcedseparated vs unmarried lower education level associated higher sassv score ps 05 current smoking weekly daily alcohol drinking physical inactivity predict greater psu controlling sociodemographic factors mutual adjustmentthe chinese sassv found valid reliable assessing psu hong kong adults several sociodemographic health behavioral factors associated psu population level may implication prevention psu future research