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: Received: 26 January 2020 / Approved: 28 January 2020 / Online: 28 January 2020 (05:06:58 CET)
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Ballestar-Tarin, M.L.; Simo-Sanz, C.; Chover-Sierra, E.; Saus-Ortega, C.; Casal Angulo, M.D.C.; Martínez-Sabater, A. Self-Perception of Dependence as an Indicator of Smartphone Addiction. Establishment of a Cut-off Point in the SPAI-SP Inventory. Preprints2020, 2020010331. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202001.0331.v1
Ballestar-Tarin, M.L.; Simo-Sanz, C.; Chover-Sierra, E.; Saus-Ortega, C.; Casal Angulo, M.D.C.; Martínez-Sabater, A. Self-Perception of Dependence as an Indicator of Smartphone Addiction. Establishment of a Cut-off Point in the SPAI-SP Inventory. Preprints 2020, 2020010331. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202001.0331.v1
Ballestar-Tarin, M.L.; Simo-Sanz, C.; Chover-Sierra, E.; Saus-Ortega, C.; Casal Angulo, M.D.C.; Martínez-Sabater, A. Self-Perception of Dependence as an Indicator of Smartphone Addiction. Establishment of a Cut-off Point in the SPAI-SP Inventory. Preprints2020, 2020010331. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202001.0331.v1
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Ballestar-Tarin, M.L., Simo-Sanz, C., Chover-Sierra, E., Saus-Ortega, C., Casal Angulo, M.D.C., & Martínez-Sabater, A. (2020). Self-Perception of Dependence as an Indicator of Smartphone Addiction. Establishment of a Cut-off Point in the SPAI-SP Inventory. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202001.0331.v1
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Ballestar-Tarin, M.L., Maria del Carmen Casal Angulo and Antonio Martínez-Sabater. 2020 "Self-Perception of Dependence as an Indicator of Smartphone Addiction. Establishment of a Cut-off Point in the SPAI-SP Inventory" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202001.0331.v1
Abstract
Background: In recent years, the abusive use of the smartphone has reached a situation that could be considered pathological, although there is no such classification in the DSM-IV. In this sense, different instruments to assess this problematic use or addiction to the smartphone are used. Among them, we found the SPAI, which has been validated in the Spanish language. The main difficulty of these scales is to establish a cut-off point that determines such mobile addiction. On the other hand, self-perception has been used in different addictions as a predictor of the problem. Aim: The objective of this study is to establish the cutting point in the scores of the SPAI scale validated in Spanish, using as a referent the self-perception of addiction values. Methods: A receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis was carried out, establishing as the cut-off point the one that presented a higher value of Youden J, indicative of its sensitivity and specificity. Results: 2598 participants from the university community completed the SPAI-Spain questionnaire. When using the self-perception of smartphone addiction as the benchmark value, a score of 44 has been established as the cutting point of the SPAI questionnaire, with a Youden J corresponding to 0.416. Conclusions: The implementation of a cut-off point of the SPAI questionnaire makes it an instrument that allows early identification of those individuals at risk of addiction as well as the establishment of preventive and/or intervention measures.
Medicine and Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health
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