Titre
Measurement Invariance of the Short Version of the Problematic Mobile Phone Use Questionnaire (PMPUQ-SV) across Eight Languages
Type
article
Institution
Externe
Auteur(s)
Lopez-Fernandez, Olatz
Auteure/Auteur
Kuss, Daria J.
Auteure/Auteur
Pontes, Halley M.
Auteure/Auteur
Griffiths, Mark D.
Auteure/Auteur
Dawes, Christopher
Auteure/Auteur
Justice, Lucy V.
Auteure/Auteur
Männikkö, Niko
Auteure/Auteur
Kääriäinen, Maria
Auteure/Auteur
Rumpf, Hans-Jürgen
Auteure/Auteur
Bischof, Anja
Auteure/Auteur
Gässler, Ann-Kathrin
Auteure/Auteur
Romo, Lucia
Auteure/Auteur
Kern, Laurence
Auteure/Auteur
Morvan, Yannick
Auteure/Auteur
Rousseau, Amélie
Auteure/Auteur
Graziani, Pierluigi
Auteure/Auteur
Demetrovics, Zsolt
Auteure/Auteur
Király, Orsolya
Auteure/Auteur
Schimmenti, Adriano
Auteure/Auteur
Passanisi, Alessia
Auteure/Auteur
Lelonek-Kuleta, Bernadeta
Auteure/Auteur
Chwaszcz, Joanna
Auteure/Auteur
Chóliz, Mariano
Auteure/Auteur
Zacarés, Juan José
Auteure/Auteur
Serra, Emilia
Auteure/Auteur
Dufour, Magali
Auteure/Auteur
Rochat, Lucien
Auteure/Auteur
Zullino, Daniele
Auteure/Auteur
Achab, Sophia
Auteure/Auteur
Landrø, Nils Inge
Auteure/Auteur
Suryani, Eva
Auteure/Auteur
Hormes, Julia M.
Auteure/Auteur
Terashima, Javier Ponce
Auteure/Auteur
Billieux, Joël
Auteure/Auteur
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ISSN
1660-4601
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2018
Volume
15
Numéro
6
Première page
1213
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The prevalence of mobile phone use across the world has increased greatly over the
past two decades. Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PMPU) has been studied in relation to public
health and comprises various behaviours, including dangerous, prohibited, and dependent use.
These types of problematic mobile phone behaviours are typically assessed with the short version of
the Problematic Mobile Phone Use Questionnaire (PMPUQ–SV). However, to date, no study has ever
examined the degree to which the PMPU scale assesses the same construct across different languages.
The aims of the present study were to (i) determine an optimal factor structure for the PMPUQ–SV
among university populations using eight versions of the scale (i.e., French, German, Hungarian,
English, Finnish, Italian, Polish, and Spanish); and (ii) simultaneously examine the measurement
invariance (MI) of the PMPUQ–SV across all languages. The whole study sample comprised 3038
participants. Descriptive statistics, correlations, and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were extracted
from the demographic and PMPUQ-SV items. Individual and multigroup confirmatory factor
analyses alongside MI analyses were conducted. Results showed a similar pattern of PMPU across
the translated scales. A three-factor model of the PMPUQ-SV fitted the data well and presented with
good psychometric properties. Six languages were validated independently, and five were compared
via measurement invariance for future cross-cultural comparisons. The present paper contributes to
the assessment of problematic mobile phone use because it is the first study to provide a cross-cultural
psychometric analysis of the PMPUQ-SV.
past two decades. Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PMPU) has been studied in relation to public
health and comprises various behaviours, including dangerous, prohibited, and dependent use.
These types of problematic mobile phone behaviours are typically assessed with the short version of
the Problematic Mobile Phone Use Questionnaire (PMPUQ–SV). However, to date, no study has ever
examined the degree to which the PMPU scale assesses the same construct across different languages.
The aims of the present study were to (i) determine an optimal factor structure for the PMPUQ–SV
among university populations using eight versions of the scale (i.e., French, German, Hungarian,
English, Finnish, Italian, Polish, and Spanish); and (ii) simultaneously examine the measurement
invariance (MI) of the PMPUQ–SV across all languages. The whole study sample comprised 3038
participants. Descriptive statistics, correlations, and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were extracted
from the demographic and PMPUQ-SV items. Individual and multigroup confirmatory factor
analyses alongside MI analyses were conducted. Results showed a similar pattern of PMPU across
the translated scales. A three-factor model of the PMPUQ-SV fitted the data well and presented with
good psychometric properties. Six languages were validated independently, and five were compared
via measurement invariance for future cross-cultural comparisons. The present paper contributes to
the assessment of problematic mobile phone use because it is the first study to provide a cross-cultural
psychometric analysis of the PMPUQ-SV.
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Oui
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2020-01-10T08:30:37.493Z
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2025-05-20T23:12:33Z
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