Open AccessValidation of the Romanian Version of the Social Media Addiction Scale-Student Form (SMAS-SF) Among Undergraduate Medical Students
Author(s) -
Sorin Ursoniu,
Costela Lăcrimioara Șerban,
Cătălina Giurgi-Oncu,
Ioana-Alexandra Rivis,
Adina Bucur,
Ion Papavă,
Ana Cristina Bredicean
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s368476
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , structural equation modeling , confirmatory factor analysis , addiction , clinical psychology , intraclass correlation , romanian , medicine , reliability (semiconductor) , scale (ratio) , psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Internet addiction is a recently recognized condition that has been linked to decreased academic performance, clinical symptoms of depression or anxiety, alongside decreased empathy levels. This study examined the validity and reliability of "the Social Media Addiction Scale - Student Form (SMAS-SF)".