Smartphone Addiction Scale (Short Version)

SAS-SV

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A 10-item short-form scale measuring problematic smartphone use, derived from the 33-item Smartphone Addiction Scale and validated with adolescents.

Items

Response format

6-point Likert

Version

1.0

Ready-to-cite methods sentence

Problematic smartphone use was measured with the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV; Kwon et al., 2013), a 10-item measure with excellent internal consistency (α ≈ .91).

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Reliability & validation

Validation population

Korean adolescents (Kwon et al., 2013)

Cronbach's α

0.91

Response anchors

Strongly disagree · Disagree · Weakly disagree · Weakly agree · Agree · Strongly agree

Known limitations

Cutoffs were derived in Korean adolescents and do not transfer directly to other ages or cultures; as with other behavioral-addiction measures, the underlying "addiction" construct is contested.

Original citation

Kwon, M., Kim, D.-J., Cho, H., & Yang, S. (2013). The Smartphone Addiction Scale: Development and validation of a short version for adolescents. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e83558.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083558

Questions researchers ask

What does the SAS-SV measure?

A 10-item short-form scale measuring problematic smartphone use, derived from the 33-item Smartphone Addiction Scale and validated with adolescents.

How many items does the SAS-SV have?

The Smartphone Addiction Scale (Short Version) (SAS-SV) has 10 items.

Is the SAS-SV free to use?

The SAS-SV is free to use for non-commercial academic research. You don't need to pay a license fee, but you should always cite the original publication.

Is the SAS-SV reliable?

Validation studies report Cronbach's α of 0.91. See the reliability section for the population studied and full statistics.

Who developed the SAS-SV, and how do I cite it?

Kwon, M., Kim, D.-J., Cho, H., & Yang, S. (2013). The Smartphone Addiction Scale: Development and validation of a short version for adolescents. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e83558. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083558

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