Measurement Invariance of the Short Version of the Problematic Mobile Phone Use Questionnaire (PMPUQ-SV) across Eight Languages

Olatz Lopez-Fernandez, Daria J. Kuss, Halley M. Pontes, Mark D. Griffiths, Christopher Dawes, Lucy V. Justice, Niko Männikkö, Maria Kääriäinen, Hans-Jürgen Rumpf, Anja Bischof, Ann-Kathrin Gässler, Lucia Romo, Laurence Kern, Yannick Morvan, Amélie Rousseau, Pierluigi Graziani, Zsolt Demetrovics, Orsolya Király, Adriano Schimmenti, Alessia Passanisi, Bernadeta Lelonek-Kuleta, Joanna Chwaszcz, Mariano Chóliz, Juan José Zacarés, Emilia Serra, Magali Dufour, Lucien Rochat, Daniele Zullino, Sophia Achab, Nils Inge Landrø, Eva Suryani, Julia M. Hormes, Javier Ponce Terashima and Joël Billieux
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Olatz Lopez-Fernandez: International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Daria J. Kuss: International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Halley M. Pontes: International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Mark D. Griffiths: International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Christopher Dawes: International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Lucy V. Justice: International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Niko Männikkö: Department of Social Services and Rehabilitation, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, 90220 Oulu, Finland
Maria Kääriäinen: Research Unit of Nursing Science and Health Management, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, 90014 Oulu, Finland
Hans-Jürgen Rumpf: Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
Anja Bischof: Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
Ann-Kathrin Gässler: Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
Lucia Romo: EA 4430 Clinique Psychanalyse Développement (CLIPSYD), Université Paris Nanterre, France; U894 Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, (CPN), Inserm, 92000 Paris, France
Laurence Kern: EA 2931, Centre de Recherches sur le Sport et le Mouvement (CESRM), Université Paris Nanterre, 92000 Nanterre, France
Yannick Morvan: EA 4430 Clinique Psychanalyse Développement (CLIPSYD), Université Paris Nanterre, France; U894 Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, (CPN), Inserm, 92000 Paris, France
Amélie Rousseau: Psychology Department, PSITEC EA 4074, Université Lille Nord de France, 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
Pierluigi Graziani: LPS EA 849, Aix-Marseille University, 13007 Marseille, France
Zsolt Demetrovics: Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1064 Budapest, Hungary
Orsolya Király: Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1064 Budapest, Hungary
Adriano Schimmenti: Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, UKE—Kore University of Enna, Cittadella Universitaria, 94100 Enna, Italy
Alessia Passanisi: Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, UKE—Kore University of Enna, Cittadella Universitaria, 94100 Enna, Italy
Bernadeta Lelonek-Kuleta: Department of Family Science and Social Work, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
Joanna Chwaszcz: Department of Psychology, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
Mariano Chóliz: Department of Basic Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Juan José Zacarés: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Emilia Serra: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Magali Dufour: Service de Toxicomanie, Faculte de medicine Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Qc, J4K 0A8, Canada
Lucien Rochat: Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Daniele Zullino: Department of Psychiatry—Research Unit Addictive Disorders, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Sophia Achab: Department of Psychiatry—Research Unit Addictive Disorders, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Nils Inge Landrø: Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0317 Oslo, Norway
Eva Suryani: Department Psychiatry and Behavior, School of Medicine and Health Science, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta 14440, Indonesia
Julia M. Hormes: Department of Psychology, University at Albany State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA
Javier Ponce Terashima: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Joël Billieux: Laboratory for Experimental Psychopathology, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-25

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: mobile phone use; smartphone use; Problematic Mobile Phone Use; Problematic Mobile Phone Use Questionnaire; psychometric testing; measurement invariance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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