A Generalizability Analysis of the Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale for Chinese College Students

ConclusionsThe two generalized designs (the two-facet unbalanced design and the one-facet multivariate design) indicated that the effects of the participate and the effects associated with the participate accounted for the majority of the total variation of the MPATS for Chinese college students, and the test items were not the main source of measurement errors. According to the generalizability coefficient and dependability index, the MPATS can be used either as a Norm Referenced Test or as a Criterion Referenced Test, but it depends on the research intention of the study that uses this scale. For the specific dimensions of the MPTAS, the reliability of the test can be improved by increasing the number of items in each dimension, and the contributions of mood changes and social comfort to the scale can also be improved by improving the quality of items.Author ContributionsAll authors significantly contributed to the work and gave the final approval to the current version of the manuscript.FundingThis research was funded by grant no. 31470050 from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.Conflict of Interest StatementThe authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.References 1. Shi JG. Cell phone dependence syndrome. J Clin Psychiatry (2009) 19(2):138–9.Google Scholar 2. Sahin S, Ozdemir K, Unsal A, Temiz N. Evaluation of mobile phone addi...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research