Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Evidence of the Phubbing Scale
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psychometrics, behavior, smartphone, communicationAbstract
Phubbing, the act of ignoring people during a face-to-face interaction to dedicate attention to the smartphone, is a phenomenon widely observed in today’s society. Therefore, this research aimed to carry out the cross-cultural adaptation of the Phubbing Scale to Brazilian Portuguese and examine its psychometric properties. The study included 1,551 Brazilian adults, 61.7% female and 29.9% male, aged from 18 to 76 years (M = 31.6 years; SD = 9.6 years). A socio-demographic questionnaire and the Phubbing Scale were used. Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Network Analysis and Mann-Whitney Test were performed. The results confirmed the bifactorial version of the Phubbing Scale with good fit indices (CFI = 0.99; TLI = 0.99; α = 0.83). The Phubbing Scale showed adequate psychometric
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Adriane de Almeida Santos has a master’s degree in Psychology from the Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus-AM, Brazil.
Marck de Souza Torres is a Professor at the Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus-AM, Brazil.
Lívia Fernanda Nascimento dos Santos is a Psychology student at the Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus-AM, Brazil.
Henrique de Araújo Martins is a master’s student in Psychology at the Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus-AM, Brazil.
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