Validation of the Social Media Disorder Scale using network analysis in a large representative sample of Czech adolescents

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.907522" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.907522</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.907522" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpubh.2022.907522</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Validation of the Social Media Disorder Scale using network analysis in a large representative sample of Czech adolescents

Original language description

Background: The importance of studying the excessive use of social media in adolescents is increasing and so is the need for in-depth evaluations of the psychometric properties of the measurement tools. This study investigated the properties of the Social Media Disorder Scale (SMDS) in a large representative sample of Czech adolescents. Methods: We analyzed the representative sample of 13,377 Czech adolescents (50.9% boys), 11–16 years old, who participated in the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey (2017–18), using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and network models. Furthermore, we evaluated the measurement invariance and constructed the validity of the SMDS. Results: We found support for a single dominant factor but not for strict unidimensionality. Several residual correlations were identified. The strongest were for: problems–conflicts–deceptions; persistence–escape; and preoccupation–tolerance–withdrawal. Girls, particularly 13- and 15-year-olds, scored higher than boys in the same age group, and 13- and 15-year-olds achieved higher scores than 11-year-olds, although some items were not invariant between the groups. The SMDS was positively related to other online activities, screen time, and falling asleep late, but negatively related to well-being and mental health. Discussion and conclusions: The SMDS showed solid psychometric properties and construct validity. However, small violations of measurement invariance were detected. Furthermore, the network analysis showed important residual relationships between the items.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Public Health

ISSN

2296-2565

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

August

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

1-15

UT code for WoS article

000871477200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85137427777