Measuring mobile phone dependence in Spanish and Greek high school students using a short scale: Validating both adaptations

Olatz Lopez-Fernandez; Kleopatra Nikolopoulou

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_12

Measuring mobile phone dependence in Spanish and Greek high school students using a short scale: Validating both adaptations

Olatz Lopez-Fernandez, Kleopatra Nikolopoulou

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Abstract

Mobile phones appear to have become one of the main entertainment features in adolescents’ life, which has also been suggested to be potentially addictive. A shortened version of a scale used to detect this potential addiction, the Mobile Phone Problematic Use Scale (MPPUS-10; Foerster, Roser, Schoeni, & Röösli, 2015) has been extracted from the Mobile Phone Problematic Use Scale for Adolescents (MPPUSA; Lopez-Fernandez, Honrubia-Serrano, & Freixa-Blanxart, 2012). To validate this shortened scale, a cross-national study surveyed 1391 high school students in both Spain and Greece, assessing both socio-demographic variables and self- perceived mobile use dependency. The MPPUS-10 exhibited good factorial validity, good reliability, and similar mid scores in both countries. Results from sub-scale symptomatology showed consistency in elevated levels of craving, withdrawal, and loss of control related to mobile phone use in both countries. This study presents evidence of self-perceived mobile phone dependence in south-European high school students, but more research is needed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Tomorrow’s Learning
Subtitle of host publication	Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Mary Webb, Arthur Tatnall
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	97-103
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783319743097, 9783319743103
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_12
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE) 2017 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 3 Jul 2017 → 6 Jul 2017 Conference number: 11th https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3 (Proceedings) http://www.dublinconventionbureau.com/Offer/Conference/WCCE-2017 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-74310-3 (11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Dublin, Ireland, July 3-6, 2017, Revised Selected Papers)

Publication series

Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	515
ISSN (Print)	1868-4238

Conference

Conference	IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE) 2017
Abbreviated title	WCCE 2017
Country	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	3/07/17 → 6/07/17
Internet address	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3 (Proceedings) http://www.dublinconventionbureau.com/Offer/Conference/WCCE-2017 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-74310-3 (11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Dublin, Ireland, July 3-6, 2017, Revised Selected Papers)

Keywords

Behavioural addiction
Cross-cultural study
High school students
Mobile phone dependence
Smartphone dependence

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10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_12

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Lopez-Fernandez, O., & Nikolopoulou, K. (2017). Measuring mobile phone dependence in Spanish and Greek high school students using a short scale: Validating both adaptations. In M. Webb, & A. Tatnall (Eds.), Tomorrow’s Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 97-103). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 515). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_12

Lopez-Fernandez, Olatz ; Nikolopoulou, Kleopatra. / Measuring mobile phone dependence in Spanish and Greek high school students using a short scale : Validating both adaptations. Tomorrow’s Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Mary Webb ; Arthur Tatnall. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 2017. pp. 97-103 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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Lopez-Fernandez, O & Nikolopoulou, K 2017, Measuring mobile phone dependence in Spanish and Greek high school students using a short scale: Validating both adaptations. in M Webb & A Tatnall (eds), Tomorrow’s Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 515, Springer, Cham Switzerland, pp. 97-103, IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE) 2017, Dublin, Ireland, 3/07/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_12

Measuring mobile phone dependence in Spanish and Greek high school students using a short scale : Validating both adaptations. / Lopez-Fernandez, Olatz; Nikolopoulou, Kleopatra.

Tomorrow’s Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Mary Webb; Arthur Tatnall. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 2017. p. 97-103 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 515).

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Lopez-Fernandez O, Nikolopoulou K. Measuring mobile phone dependence in Spanish and Greek high school students using a short scale: Validating both adaptations. In Webb M, Tatnall A, editors, Tomorrow’s Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing - 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, Revised Selected Papers. Cham Switzerland: Springer. 2017. p. 97-103. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_12