Psychology: Research and Review
Table 5 Correlations of PS-8 scores with scores on the other variables
From: The Phubbing Scale (PS-8) in the Portuguese population: psychometric properties
Variable | Communication disturbance | Phone obsession |
|---|---|---|
Time spent on the Internet on weekdays | .21** | .24** |
Time spent on the Internet at the weekend | .37** | .39** |
Time spent on social networking sites | .43** | .42** |
Number of social networks used | .22** | .31** |
Internet addiction | .47** | .53** |
Problematic mobile phone use | .57** | .59** |
Facebook intrusion | .37** | .39** |
Fear of missing out | .28** | .32** |
Depression | .25** | .29** |