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Self-Perception of Dependence as an Indicator of Smartphone Addiction—Establishment of a Cutoff Point in the SPAI–Spain Inventory

Maria Del Carmen Casal-anguloAntonio Martínez-sabaterElena Chover-sierraConchín Simó-sanzCarlos Saus-ortegaMaría Luisa Ballestar-tarín

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MaleSPAI–SpainHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesismedia_common.quotation_subjectlcsh:Medicinecutoff pointArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineIntervention measuresSurveys and QuestionnairesHumans030212 general & internal medicineROC analysismedia_commonReceiver operating characteristicPoint (typography)Smartphone addictionAddictionlcsh:RPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthSelf perceptionself-perceived addictionSelf Conceptsmartphones030227 psychiatryBehavior AddictiveIdentification (information)SpainFemaleSmartphoneaddictionCutoff pointSPAI-SpainPsychologyClinical psychology

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Background: In recent years, the abusive use of the smartphone has reached a situation that could be considered pathological. In this sense, different instruments to assess this problematic use or addiction to the smartphone are used. One of these instruments is the Smartphone Addition Inventory (SPAI), which has been validated in the Spanish language (SPAI-Spain). The main difficulty of these scales is to establish a cut-off point that determines such mobile addiction. On the other hand, self-perception was used in different addictions as a predictor of the problem. Aim: The objective of this study was to establish the cut-off point in the scores of the SPAI-Spain, using as a reference 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: 2958 participants from the university community completed the SPAI&ndash

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-05-01International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113838