An Urdu adaptation of smartphone addiction scale-short version (SAS-SV)

To adapt the English version of Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version into Urdu language.

The cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2017 to January 2018 at the International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. In the first stage, Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version was translated by 8 experts. In stage 2, the translated version was pilot-tested on 30 university students aged 18-19. Finally, the version was tested on the actual subjects who were students aged 11-30 years at schools, colleges and universities within Rawalpindi and Islamabad. SPSS 22 was used for data analysis.

Of the 348 subjects, 216(62%) were males. Overall, 194(55.7%) students were above the addiction cutoff value. Inter-item reliability of the translated version was good (α = 0.81); the construct validity was adequate (P<0.001); Comparative Fit Index = 0.95; Tucker Lewis Index= 0.93; Normative Fit Index= 0.92; and Root Mean Squared Error Approximation = 0.05.

Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version can be used as a screening tool for assessment and identification of smartphone addiction in Pakistan..