PLoS One. 2017 May 17;12(5):e0176924. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176924. eCollection 2017.
Khoury JM1,2, de Freitas AAC1, Roque MAV1, Albuquerque MR3, das Neves MCL1, Garcia FD1,2,4,5.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To translate, adapt and validate the Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) in a Brazilian population of young adults.
METHOD:
We employed the translation and back-translation method for the adaptation of the Brazilian version SPAI (SPAI-BR). The sample consisted of 415 university students. Data was collected through an electronic questionnaire, which consisted of the SPAI-BR and the Goodman Criteria (gold standard). The retests were carried out 10-15 days after the initial tests with 130 individuals.
RESULTS:
The SPAI-BR maintained semantic, idiomatic and conceptual equivalences from the original scale. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis confirmed the One-factor model of the SPAI with good fit indexes (x2 = 767.861, CFI = 0.913, TLI = 0.905, RMSE = 0.061, WRMR = 1.465). The Kuder-Richardson Coefficient showed good internal consistency. The analysis of the ROC curve established an area under the curve of 86.38%. The Intraclass-Correlation Coefficient of 0.926 between the test and the retest demonstrated an excellent temporal stability. The high correlation between SPAI-BR and the Goodman Criteria (rs = 0.750) established the convergent validity.
CONCLUSION:
The SPAI-BR is a valid and reliable tool for the detection of Smartphone Addiction in Brazilian university students.
PMID: 28520798
PMCID: PMC5435144
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176924
;