The psychometric properties of cellular phone dependency questionnaire in students of Isfahan: A pilot study.
| Autor: | Alavi SS; Department of Management and Medical Informatics, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Isfahan, Iran., Maracy MR; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran., Jannatifard F; Department of Management and Medical Informatics, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Isfahan, Iran., Ojaghi R; Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan, Iran., Rezapour H; Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan, Iran. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of education and health promotion [J Educ Health Promot] 2014 Jun 23; Vol. 3, pp. 71. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jun 23 (Print Publication: 2014). |
| DOI: | 10.4103/2277-9531.134822 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: A number of diagnostic scales or questionnaires have been developed in recent years, to assess mobile phone dependency. A valid and reliable assessment instrument for correspondence of Iranian culture is essential. The aim of our study is to validate the Iranian version of the Cell Phone Dependency Questionnaire (CPDQ). Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data were collected from 784 students, who were studying in four main Isfahan Universities. The participants completed the demographic questionnaire, CPDQ, anonymously. To analyze the data we used concurrent validity, factor analysis, internal consistency, split-half, and test-retest. Results: We extracted three factors including Salience, Overusing of the cell phone, compulsive use of SMS. Cronbach's alpha of the CPDQ was. 88 (Cronbach's alpha of the factors were 0.85, 0.70, and 0.76, respectively). Conclusion: The CPDQ proved to be a reliable questionnaire to assess the extent of problems caused by the 'misuse' of the cell phone in Iranian society. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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