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An Analysis of Problematic Media Use and Technology Use Addiction Scales – What Are They Actually Assessing?
Increasingly, research attention is being afforded to various forms of problematic media use. Despite ongoing conceptual, theoretical, and empirical debates, a large number of retrospective self-report scales have been produced to ostensibly measure various classes of such behaviour. These scales ar...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7134285/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45002-1_18 |
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author | Abendroth, Adrian Parry, Douglas A. le Roux, Daniel B. Gundlach, Jana |
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description | Increasingly, research attention is being afforded to various forms of problematic media use. Despite ongoing conceptual, theoretical, and empirical debates, a large number of retrospective self-report scales have been produced to ostensibly measure various classes of such behaviour. These scales are typically based on a variety of theoretical and diagnostic frameworks. Given current conceptual ambiguities, building on previous studies, we evaluated the dimensional structure of 50 scales targeting the assessment of supposedly problematic behaviours in relation to four technologies: Internet, smartphones, video games, and social network sites. We find that two dimensions (‘compulsive use’ and ‘negative outcomes’) account for over 50% of all scale-items analysed. With a median of five dimensions, on average, scales have considered fewer dimensions than various proposed diagnostic criteria and models. No relationships were found between the number of items in a scale and the number of dimensions, or the technology category and the dimensional structure. The findings indicate, firstly, that a majority of scales place an inordinate emphasis on some dimensions over others and, secondly, that despite differences in the items presented, at a dimensional level, there exists a high degree of similarity between scales. These findings highlight shortcomings in existing scales and underscore the need to develop more sophisticated conceptions and empirical tools to understand possible problematic interactions with various digital technologies. |
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spelling | pubmed-71342852020-04-06 An Analysis of Problematic Media Use and Technology Use Addiction Scales – What Are They Actually Assessing? Abendroth, Adrian Parry, Douglas A. le Roux, Daniel B. Gundlach, Jana Responsible Design, Implementation and Use of Information and Communication Technology Article Increasingly, research attention is being afforded to various forms of problematic media use. Despite ongoing conceptual, theoretical, and empirical debates, a large number of retrospective self-report scales have been produced to ostensibly measure various classes of such behaviour. These scales are typically based on a variety of theoretical and diagnostic frameworks. Given current conceptual ambiguities, building on previous studies, we evaluated the dimensional structure of 50 scales targeting the assessment of supposedly problematic behaviours in relation to four technologies: Internet, smartphones, video games, and social network sites. We find that two dimensions (‘compulsive use’ and ‘negative outcomes’) account for over 50% of all scale-items analysed. With a median of five dimensions, on average, scales have considered fewer dimensions than various proposed diagnostic criteria and models. No relationships were found between the number of items in a scale and the number of dimensions, or the technology category and the dimensional structure. The findings indicate, firstly, that a majority of scales place an inordinate emphasis on some dimensions over others and, secondly, that despite differences in the items presented, at a dimensional level, there exists a high degree of similarity between scales. These findings highlight shortcomings in existing scales and underscore the need to develop more sophisticated conceptions and empirical tools to understand possible problematic interactions with various digital technologies. 2020-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7134285/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45002-1_18 Text en © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Abendroth, Adrian Parry, Douglas A. le Roux, Daniel B. Gundlach, Jana An Analysis of Problematic Media Use and Technology Use Addiction Scales – What Are They Actually Assessing? |
title | An Analysis of Problematic Media Use and Technology Use Addiction Scales – What Are They Actually Assessing? |
title_full | An Analysis of Problematic Media Use and Technology Use Addiction Scales – What Are They Actually Assessing? |
title_fullStr | An Analysis of Problematic Media Use and Technology Use Addiction Scales – What Are They Actually Assessing? |
title_full_unstemmed | An Analysis of Problematic Media Use and Technology Use Addiction Scales – What Are They Actually Assessing? |
title_short | An Analysis of Problematic Media Use and Technology Use Addiction Scales – What Are They Actually Assessing? |
title_sort | analysis of problematic media use and technology use addiction scales – what are they actually assessing? |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7134285/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45002-1_18 |
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