Abstract

DIAS, Paulo; GONCALVES, Soraia; CADIME, Irene  and  CHOLIZ, Mariano. Adaptation of the mobile phone dependence test for portuguese adolescents and youth. Psic., Saúde & Doenças [online]. 2019, vol.20, n.3, pp.569-580. ISSN 1645-0086.  https://doi.org/10.15309/19psd200302.

The use of mobile phones is a daily behavior that brings us closer to the information and the most significant people to us. With the developments of technology, mobile phones have become a daily tool for people and for each time younger users, also associated with some risks or even dependence. In the present work, we intend to present the adaptation studies for the Portuguese population of an instrument that was developed to evaluate the dependence of mobile phones. For this, we used a sample of 907 participants - adolescents and young people - to whom a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Test of Mobile Phone Dependence (TMD; Chóliz, 2012) were applied through an online form. The results allowed us to find a structure of four factors with adequate fidelity. They also allowed us to perceive a moderate or strong relationship between the total score and the different factors. We also found gender differences, with girls presenting higher mean scores, and a negative relation with age. Exploring differences between gender and age, we found a significant decrease among participants of the females. The data recommend the use of the instrument in our context and allow future studies in this issue.

Keywords : Use of mobile phones; dependency; adaptation; gender; age.

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