Psychology: Research and Review
From: The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties
Variables | M | SD | S | K |
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1. My eyes start wandering on my phone when I’m together with others [Quando estou com outras pessoas, costumo estar de olho no telemóvel] | 2.74 | 0.92 | 0.38 | − 0.07 |
2. I am busy with my mobile phone when I’m with my friends [Quando estou com os meus amigos/as, costumo estar ocupado com o meu telemóvel] | 2.11 | 0.71 | 0.41 | 0.50 |
3. People complain about me dealing with my mobile phone [As pessoas queixam-se por eu estar no telemóvel] | 1.66 | 0.83 | 1.26 | 1.30 |
4. I’m busy with my mobile phone when I’m with my family [Estou ocupado/a com o meu telemóvel quando estou com familiars] | 2.27 | 0.86 | 0.42 | − 0.19 |
5. My phone is within my reach [O meu telemóvel está sempre ao meu alcance] | 3.88 | 1.07 | − 0.65 | − 0.52 |
6. When I wake up in the morning, I first check the messages on my phone [Quando acordo de manhã, o primeiro que faço é verificar as mensagens no meu telemóvel] | 3.20 | 1.41 | − 0.16 | − 1.29 |
7. I feel incomplete without my mobile phone [Sinto-me incompleto/a sem o meu telemóvel] | 2.87 | 1.28 | 0.08 | − 1.09 |
8. My mobile phone use increases day by day [De dia para dia o meu uso do telemóvel aumenta] | 2.18 | 1.01 | 0.59 | − 0.27 |
Communication Disturbance | 8.78 | 2.67 | 0.61 | 0.67 |
Phone Obsession | 12.13 | 3.55 | − 0.06 | − 0.65 |
Time spent on the Internet on weekdays | 6.30 | 3.25 | 0.05 | − 1.18 |
Time spent on the Internet at the weekend | 5.66 | 3.38 | 0.23 | − 1.10 |
Time spent on social networking sites | 3.38 | 1.27 | 0.24 | − 0.37 |
Number of social networks used | 4.91 | 1.59 | 0.18 | − 0.20 |
Internet addiction | 13.57 | 4.59 | 0.48 | − 0.36 |
Problematic mobile phone use | 19.47 | 4.84 | 0.44 | − 0.10 |
Facebook intrusion | 17.44 | 7.68 | 1.06 | 0.91 |
Fear of missing out | 21.37 | 6.98 | 0.52 | 0.02 |
Depression | 9.83 | 5.96 | 0.70 | − 0.04 |